On this April 22, 2014, file picture, a bunch of suspected al-Qaida militants accused within the killing of a military basic in a suicide bombing, stand trial at a state safety courtroom in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Picture/Hani Mohammed, File)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK --
A Norwegian citizen who grew to become a member of al-Qaida in Yemen has been arrested in Yemen by the nation's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Norwegian broadcaster NRK mentioned Monday.
In response to the report, Anders Cameroon Ostensvig Dale is being held in a hospital in Sanaa. He's sought at dwelling on suspicion of terrorism and was placed on a blacklist by the US.
Norwegian prosecutor Haris Hrenovica with the Norwegian safety service PST mentioned the suspect's hospital detention "makes us imagine that there's an damage." It was unclear when and the way he was apprehended and there was no fast affirmation from the Houthis.
The broadcaster mentioned Ostensvig Dale transformed to Islam in 2008 and visited Yemen a number of instances earlier than finally becoming a member of al-Qaida's department there, generally known as Al-Qaida within the Arabian Peninsula.
NRK added that he left Norway for good in 2011. Three years later, PST suspected him of collaborating in a terror group and he was sought internationally.
Hrenovica informed NRK that there may very well be "challenges" to having Ostensvig Dale extradited to Norway due to the Houthis, who management Sanaa and far of northern Yemen. The rebels have been at warfare since 2015 with a Saudi-led coalition that has been attempting to revive Yemen's internationally acknowledged authorities to energy.
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