Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges, including Shi'ite cleric

By REUTERS

Published: 01:20 pm Jan 02, 2016

FILE - In this Thursday, April 1, 2010 file photo, activists from a civil organization reenact an execution scene in front of the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as they protest a possible beheading of a Lebanese man accused of witchcraft in Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, including the prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimrits, Interior Ministry said in a statement. Most of those executed were involved in a series of attacks carried out by al Qaeda from 2003-06, it said. Shi'ite Iran has warned that executing Nimr 'would cost Saudi Arabia dearly'

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Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges, including Shi'ite cleric