RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed four Pakistani men on Thursday convicted ofraping and murdering a woman and raping her teenage son, the interiorministry said.
The men were also convicted of stealing jewellery and cash after enteringthe woman’s home in Riyadh and raping and strangling her, according to aministry statement cited by the official SPA news agency.
The oil-rich Kingdom has executed 20 people since the start of 2018.
On July 10 last year, a Pakistani citizen was among six people convicted ofdrug trafficking and homicide were executed in Saudi Arabia, the governmentsaid, the highest number of executions in a single day in 2017.
The Pakistani man was beheaded for drug trafficking and five Saudinationals for homicide, the interior ministry said.
Last year, 141 people were put to death in Saudi Arabia, where executionsare carried out by the sword. – AFP