Seven people, including a Pakistani citizen, have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the number of people sentenced to death this year has reached 236.
According to the news agency, five people who were sentenced to death on Wednesday were involved in drug trafficking. According to the Saudi Ministry of Interior, Yemeni citizens Yahya Lutfullah, Ali Azab, Ahmed Ali and Salim Nihari were beheaded in the southern province of Asir, while a Pakistani citizen was also sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
After the execution of these sentences, the number of people sentenced to death for this crime has increased to 71 in the last year. Saudi Arabia has become a major market for Captagon, an amphetamine-derived drug imported from war-torn Syria and Lebanon.
Saudi authorities launched a large-scale anti-narcotics campaign last year, carrying out raids and arrests. . The Saudi Ministry of Interior has announced that two Saudi nationals involved in the murder have also been beheaded on Wednesday.
