Saudi Arabia executes two Bangladeshis in Mecca
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals, a man and a woman, for an act deemed indecent in a mosque in Mecca. The court imposed the death penalty under ta’zir, before it was confirmed by the judicial authorities and authorised by royal order, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry.
Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals, a man and a woman, on Wednesday 14 October in the Mecca region. Nazrul Islam Abdul Basir and Siti Akhtar had been sentenced for committing “an indecent act” in one of the holy city’s mosques, according to a statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry.
Security forces arrested the two people before charging them following an investigation. A competent court then sentenced them to death, a punishment handed down under ta’zir, a regime that leaves the choice of sanction to the judge, according to the Interior Ministry.
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