Saudi Arabia executed 37 accused of "terrorism", one of them was crucified – 23/04/2019

The Saudi authorities on Tuesday informed the execution of 37 people accused of "terrorism", one of them crucified, Two days after a frustrated attack claimed by the jihadist ISIS group north of Riyadh.

The Interior Ministry announced in a statement issued by the agency SPA that the executions took place after the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and a royal decree ratify the conviction of the convicted person.

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According to the note, the executed persons they were sentenced by "adopt an extremist terrorist ideology, the formation of terrorist cells, corrupt and destabilize security, spread chaos, provoke sectarian sedition, undermine peace and social security, attack security sites with the help of explosive devices, kill several security forces and for betrayal of collaboration with hostile entities"to the kingdom.

Interior stressed that the executions took place today in the cities of Riyadh, Mecca, Medina, Al Sharqia, Al Qasim and Asir.

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The government has indicated that all those executed, identified in the communique, They were Saudi nationals.

He also pointed out that the Saudi Khaled Abdelkarim al Tuegri was crucified, a form of execution uncommon in recent years.

The executions took place two days after Saudi security forces announced a terrorist attack in which four alleged attackers were killed. an interrogation center in the province of Al Zulfi, 260 kilometers north of Riyadh.

The press agency QAMA, affiliated with the jihadists, said in a brief statement shortly after the badailants, who were identified, they belonged to ISIS.

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In addition, he explained that the target of the attack was a Saudi national security headquarters in Al Zulfi.

In July 2018, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint in the city of Al Burayda, in the Al Qasim region, about 330 kilometers in north of Riyadh, resulting in the death of a Saudi policeman and a Bangladeshi citizen.

In 2018, the authorities executed 149 prisoners., three more than the previous year, despite the promises of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Salman, to "minimize" the death penalty in the kingdom.

Executions are a public "show" usually in Riyadh and in other cities of the kingdom. The beheadings usually take place on Masmak Palace Square, known as "Chop-chop Plaza", a macabre joke for a morbidly followed show and where, at the end of the execution, it is tradition of congratulating the executioner "has fulfilled the orders of Allah".

The death sentences in Saudi Arabia come from confessions, which they are obtained after torture, the defendants have no legal defense and the trials are secret.

Agencia EFE and ABC.

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