On Thursday, the Saudi authorities executed two people convicted of various crimes related to terrorism, including planning to carry out a “suicide attack” against security headquarters, accusing them of embracing the “takfiri sect.”
The Saudi Ministry of Interior said in a statement published by the state news agency, SPA, that “Ali bin Omar bin Musa al-Ahmari and Ibrahim bin Ali bin Marei Haroubi, Saudi nationals, joined a “terrorist cell” and provided weapons and ammunition. They monitored and photographed “security sites and headquarters with the intention of targeting them and killing men.” Security”.
The statement added that Haroubi provided financial and moral support to the members of the cell and proceeded to “manufacture explosives to breach internal security” and intended to “carry out a suicide attack targeting security sites and headquarters and security personnel.”
The statement added that Al-Ahmari “supported a terrorist organization, pledged allegiance to its leader, and was in possession of an explosive belt.”
The statement accused the two men of embracing the “takfiri method,” noting that the execution took place on Thursday in Mecca.
The two executions come only a few days after the execution of six people in the regions of Al-Baha and Jeddah, after convicting some of them on charges related to terrorism and others on various charges, including kidnapping and killing a man and raping a child.
Last year, Saudi Arabia recorded the execution of 147 people, which is more than double the number of those executed in 2021 (69 people).
Last year, the executions included 81 people who were executed in one day on charges related to terrorism, which sparked great international condemnation.
Saudi Arabia carried out more than a thousand executions during the reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, according to a joint report by the anti-death penalty organization “Reprieve” and the European-Saudi Organization for Human Rights last month.
