Saudi Arabia executes 81 in one day
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it had executed a record 81 people in one day for terrorism-related offences, exceeding the total number killed last year and sparking criticism from rights activists.
All had been "found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes", the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, saying they included convicts linked to the Islamic State group, al-Qaeda, Yemen's Huthi rebel forces or "other terrorist organisations".
Of the 81 people killed, 73 were Saudi citizens, seven were Yemeni and one was a Syrian national.
Saturday's announcement of 81 deaths marks more than the total of 69 executions in all of 2021.
Up until Saturday, Saudi Arabia in 2022 had executed 11 people convicted of various crimes, AFP reported.
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