Riyadh: The Saudi Interior Ministry posted on its website a statement on the execution of 47 convicts, featuring their names and nationalities.
Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday, including a prominent cleric behind anti-government protests and many others convicted of involvement in deadly Al Qaeda attacks, the government said.
The 56-year-old cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, was a driving force of the protests that broke out in 2011.
But the list does not include Nimr's nephew, Ali al-Nimr.
Announcing the executions, the Saudi interior ministry said the 47 had been convicted of adopting the radical ‘takfiri’ ideology, joining ‘terrorist organisations’ and implementing various ‘criminal plots’.
The list, published in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency, includes people convicted of involvement in Al-Qaeda attacks that killed Saudis and foreigners in the kingdom in 2003 and 2004.
All of the executed were Saudis, except for an Egyptian and citizen of Chad. (Inputs from AFP)
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(Image courtesy: Al-Jazirah Online)
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