UAE jails 11 for life over ‘terror plots’

A top court in the United Arab Emirates has jailed 11 people for life Sunday after convicting them of Islamist militants links and plotting “terrorist” attacks in the Gulf country, state media reported.

The Federal Supreme court in Abu Dhabi jailed two others for 15 years, 13 for 10 years, six for three years, and two for five years, the official WAM news agency said.

Seven defendants were acquitted.

The defendants were accused of seeking to overthrow the government to set up an Islamic State group-style caliphate in the UAE.

Source: AFP