Seven executed in Saudi Arabia

July 17, 2018: Saudi Arabia executed seven people convicted of criminal offenses, including five men for the robbery and murder of a Pakistani warehouse guard in the western city of Jiddah.

The Interior Ministry said the five men, two Saudis (Mohammad bin Hassan Mehrzi and Ahmad bin Nasir al-Beeshi) and three Chad nationals (Abed al-Rahman Yahya Gebrel, Adam abo Bakir Gebril, Ismaeal Abed allah Gebril) stabbed and beat the guard and stole his mobile phone as part of a robbery of the warehouse.

It was not clear when they committed the crime and how they were executed, but Saudi Arabia usually carries out death sentences with beheadings by sword or firing squad.

In the northern city of Tabuk, Diab Ahmad Hamad, a Lebanese man, was executed after being convicted of drug smuggling and Salim bin Awda al-Amrani, a Saudi man, was put to death after being convicted of the murder of another Saudi, the Ministry said.

The Kingdom has executed 66 people so far in 2018. In 2017, 122 people were executed and 144 people were executed in 2016.

(Sources: Ap, 17/07/2018)