Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in One Day for Terrorism, Other Offences

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in One Day for Terrorism, Other Offences
A Saudi flag flying at the Saudi consulate headquarters in Baghdad, Irag, on April 4, 2019. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
Reuters
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RIYADH—Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on Saturday who were “found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes,” the state SPA news agency said, marking a record number of executions for the kingdom in decades.

Offences ranged from joining terrorist groups to holding “deviant beliefs,” the interior ministry said in a statement.