Saudi Arabia on March 12 executed a record 81 people in one day for terrorism-related offences, exceeding the total number killed last year.
- The mass execution has sparked criticism from rights activists.
- As per Saudi media reports, executed includes convicts linked to the Islamic State group, Al-Qaeda, Yemen’s Huthi rebel forces or “other terrorist organisations”.
- Of the 81 people killed, 73 were Saudi citizens, seven were Yemeni and one was a Syrian national.
- The number dwarfed the 67 executions reported in the kingdom in 2021 and the 27 in 2020.
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