Fawaz al-Rabihi is a citizen of
Yemen
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who played a role in the terrorist attack on the
French
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supertanker MV Limburg
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Al-Rabihi received a life sentence, while fellow captive
Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal, also convicted of a role in the attack, received a three-year sentence.
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He was captured by Yemeni authorities, escaped, and then killed in a gunbattle in 2005.
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Yemeni people convicted of murder
2005 deaths
Year of birth missing