
The United Arab Emirates’ top prosecutor has referred 41 people to trial on charges of planning to carry out terrorist acts with the aim of overthrowing the government and establishing an extremist state.
Prosecutor General Salem Saeed Kabish said in a statement the group planned to carry out terrorist acts against the country’s leadership and public. The statement said the group also has been accused of acquiring firearms and explosives through money raised from “foreign terrorist groups,” without elaborating.
The state-run WAM news agency, which carried the statement Sunday, did not list the nationalities
AP, Dubai, 2 August 2015