RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, mostly suspected al Qaeda members and a prominent cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, Interior Ministry said in a statement broadcast on state television.
The kingdom, which usually executes people by public beheading, detained thousands of militant after a series of al Qaeda attacks from 2003-06 that killed hundreds, and has convicted hundreds of them.
The executions are Saudi Arabia's first in 2016. At least 157 people were put to death last year, a big increase from the 90 people killed in 2014.
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