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Saudi executes 37 people for ‘terrorism crimes’

Executed were all Saudi citizens, says local media

News Service
16:55 - 23/04/2019 Tuesday
Update: 16:56 - 23/04/2019 Tuesday
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Saudi authorities executed 37 people in connection with terrorism crimes, according to the official SPA news agency on Tuesday.

The executed were “convicted of forming terrorist cells”, SPA said.

It confirmed that all the executed were Saudi citizens.

Tuesday’s executions came only two days after Saudi authorities said they had foiled a terrorist attack on a police center near the capital Riyadh, in which four attackers had been killed and three policemen injured.

On Monday, Riyadh also detained 13 citizens for allegedly planning to carry out “terrorist acts” in the kingdom.

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