Retrial ordered for Islamic leader in Trinidad

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — A sedition trial for the leader of an Islamic group that once staged a deadly coup attempt in Trinidad has ended with a hung jury.

A judge ordered a retrial Thursday for Yasin Abu Bakr after jury members reported they could not come to a decision after six hours of deliberation. The trial had lasted four months.

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