Saudi Arabia executes seven death row inmates including three from Chad
Saudi Arabia has put to death row inmates, who had been convicted of murder and drug trafficking, bringing to 73 the number of executions in the oil-kingdom this year.
The state-run SPA news agency reported that two Saudi Arabian citizens and three nationals of Chad were executed on Tuesday after being sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of a Pakistani security guard. The men had purportedly sought to rob the warehouse the guard was watching over.
Another Saudi was beheaded for setting a man on fire and causing his death.