2 minutes agoThe biggest number in its history: Saudi Arabia executes 81 prisoners daily
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(4 years ago)Saudi Arabia executed on Saturday 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to militant groups, the largest known mass execution committed in its modern history. The number of executed exceeded the number of a mass execution of January 1980 for 63 militants convicted of capture [...]
Saudi Arabia executed on Saturday 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to militant groups, the largest known mass execution committed in its modern history.
The number of those executed exceeded the number of a mass execution of January 1980 for 63 militants convicted of apprehending the Great Mosque in Mecca in 1979, the worst attack by militants ever to target the kingdom and the most holy place of Islam.
It was not clear why the kingdom chose Saturday for executions, though they came after the world's attention remained focused on Russia's fight against Ukraine, the AP writes.
The number of cases of death penalty under King Salman and his safe son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had dropped during the pandemic.
The Saudi state press agency announced Saturday's executions, saying they included “convicted of various crimes, including the murder of innocent men, women and children”.
Among those executed were 73 Saudis, seven jamenas, and a Syrian. The report does not state where the executions occurred.
