Saudi Arabian officials executed five Pakistani nationals for a violent robbery that resulted in a security guard’s death. The Saudi Interior Ministry states that the convicts assaulted a company, tying up and murdering a Bangladeshi guard.
After extensive investigations, a court convicted and sentenced them to death, a verdict confirmed by higher courts and a royal order, leading to their Tuesday execution in Makkah. Saudi Arabia enforces the death penalty for serious offenses.
This event follows January’s execution of four Ethiopians for killing a Sudanese man and, in December, the execution of two Bangladeshis for murder over financial disagreements using insecticide. These cases, part of Saudi Arabia’s strict judicial practices, have attracted global scrutiny and criticism from human rights groups concerning the transparency and fairness of the legal process.
