The Saudi Arabian authorities on Monday put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, the state media said, the biggest group execution this year. The five men -- four Saudis and one Egyptian national -- were tried for an attack that killed five people and injured an untold number of others in the kingdom's east, home to most Saudi oil and most members of its Shiite minority.
The Saudi Arabian authorities on Monday put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, the state media said, the biggest group execution this year.
An interior ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency did not specify when the attack took place or what type of house of worship was targeted.This brought to 68 the total number of people put to death so far by Saudi Arabia, a frequent target for criticism by rights groups who object to its prolific use of capital punishment.
In late May, authorities put to death two Bahrainis convicted of terrorism in a case that Amnesty International said hinged on"torture-tainted confessions". The figure for 2022 included 81 people executed on a single day in March of that year for terrorism-related offences, an event that sparked an international outcry.
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