Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Arabia executed seven people on Tuesday for “terrorist” crimes, state media said, the highest single-day figure since 81 people were put to death in March 2022.
The seven were convicted of “creating and financing terrorist organizations and entities,” the official Saudi Press Agency said, citing the Gulf kingdom's interior ministry.
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's most prolific users of the death penalty, has now executed 29 people this year, after putting 170 to death in 2023.
The conservative kingdom, infamous for beheadings, drew a wave of condemnation from around the world almost two years ago with the executions of 81 people in one day.
The nationalities of the seven people executed Tuesday were not disclosed, but their names and titles indicated they were Saudi.
They were convicted of 'adopting a terrorist approach that involves bloodshed, establishing and financing terrorist organizations and entities, and communicating and dealing with them with the aim of disrupting the security and stability of society' and national security in danger, the report said.
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