Killer of Jew says Yemeni minority should convert to Islam

The killer of a Jewish person in Yemen stated he wrote an open letter to all Jews in Yemen warning them to convert to islam or he would kill them. His lawyers are contending that he is mentally disturbed.

You have to be mentally disturbed to follow islam. AFP

AMRAN, Yemen (AFP) — A Yemeni confessed on Monday to killing a Jew, saying in court that he had warned that the minority should convert to Islam or leave the country, but his lawyers said he was mentally disturbed.

"I killed the Jew," Abdul Aziz Yahya al-Abdi, 39, screamed from the dock, referring to Masha Yaeish al-Nahari, whom he shot dead over a week ago in the town of Raydah, in the northern province of Amran.

"I have told them in a letter that they should either convert to Islam or leave Yemen, or I would kill them," he said, speaking of the minority of a few hundred Jews who continue to live in the Arabian peninsula country.