37 People Beheaded, One Publicly Pinned to a Pole for Terrorism Crimes in Saudi Arabia

This file picture shows a flag of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said that 37 Saudi citizens have been beheaded in a mass execution that took place across various regions of the country, on April 23, 2019. Cliff Owen/AP Photo, File

In a mass execution around the country, Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded 37 Saudi citizens on alleged terrorism charges, and as a warning to others, pinned the severed body and head of one of them to a pole on April 23.

Most of those beheaded were minority Shiites and the one pinned to the pole was a Sunni extremist.