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17 people executed over 3 days in Saudi Arabia, mostly for drug crimes
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17 people executed over 3 days in Saudi Arabia, mostly for drug crimes

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It is the quickest pace of capital punishment since March 2022, when 81 people were executed in a single day for terrorism-related offenses.

Saudi authorities put two people to death on Monday to reach 17 executions in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated toward a record number of executions this year. Two Saudis were executed for "terrorist crimes," the o... [2688 chars]

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Source: CBS News

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