The move will give U.S. officials better access to Abdul Razak Kamel

SANA'A, Yemen, January 4 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The Yemeni accused of killing three American missionaries was moved Friday under tight security to the Yemeni capital, where he will face more questioning.

Yemeni officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the move will give U.S. officials better access to Abdul Razak Kamel.

Heavily armed police transferred Kamel from the remote southern Yemen village of Jibla, where Monday's slayings at a Baptist-run hospital took place, to the main intelligence headquarters in Sana'a, reported Washington Post.

U.S. authorities have not had access to Kamel or his suspected collaborator, Ali al-Jarallah, who is accused of gunning down Jarallah Omar, deputy leader of Yemen's Socialist Party, last week.

But American diplomats have said Yemeni investigators are co-operating with the United States.

Investigators believe al-Jarallah and Kamel belong to a larger cell that was planning attacks against at least eight targets, including foreigners and Yemeni political leaders.

The dead Americans were missionaries Kathleen A. Gariety, Martha C. Myers and William E. Koehn. Donald W. Caswell was shot but survived.

So far, no charges have been filed and it was unclear how many detainees were believed to be directly linked to any alleged attack plans. About 30 people have been arrested.

Officials have said they believe Kamel is linked to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, which has found a fertile recruiting ground in Yemen.

While Yemen's government has cooperated with the United States in its global war on terror, still anti-American sentiment is high in this country, because of Washington's support for Israel and its standoff with Iraq.