Saudi Arabia executes four people for drug trafficking

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry says four people were executed today for drug trafficking, including one woman, bringing to 53 the number of people put to death this year.

Two Pakistani men, a Yemeni man and a Nigerian woman were executed in the holy city of Mecca, the ministry said in statements carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

A general view of the city of Mecca, Sept. 18, 2015 (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy/File)

Fifty-three people have been executed in the kingdom since the beginning of the year, according to a count based on official data released by SPA.

— AFP

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