Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing
1 year, 7 months ago

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group. The 2015 bombing occurred during midday Friday prayers inside one of Kuwait’s oldest Shiite mosques. The attack was likely intended to foment unrest between Kuwait's Sunni and Shiite populations, but instead it backfired, reawakening a sense of national solidarity not seen since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion.

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Kuwait hangs five, including 2015 mosque bombing convict
1 year, 7 months ago

Kuwait hangs five, including 2015 mosque bombing convict

The Hindu  

Kuwait put to death five people on Thursday, including a man convicted of involvement in a 2015 Islamic State group suicide bombing that killed 26 people, the Public Prosecution said. The multiple executions in the Gulf emirate — relatively rare compared to neighbouring Saudi Arabia — are the first since seven people were put to death in November last year …

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing
1 year, 7 months ago

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group. Prosecutors said the five include the man convicted in the mosque attack, Abdulrahman Sabah Idan, three people convicted of murder and a convicted …

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’
1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’

Al Jazeera  

The government did not specify the groups the men were associated with, but said they had been planning to launch attacks. Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on Monday, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month. Since May 2, Saudi Arabia, which has one …

Kuwait puts to death 7 inmates in rare mass execution
2 years, 4 months ago

Kuwait puts to death 7 inmates in rare mass execution

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait on Wednesday put to death seven prisoners in a rare mass execution in the small, oil-rich nation despite facing international criticism over its plans. “They deprived the victims of their most sacred rights in this world, which is the right to life,” Kuwait’s public prosecution said in a statement. Kuwait hadn’t held an execution …

Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017
2 years, 4 months ago

Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017

Al Jazeera  

Four Kuwaitis, a Pakistani, a Syrian and an Ethiopian were hanged, despite condemnation from Amnesty International. Kuwait has put seven people to death in a mass execution, the state-run KUNA news agency confirmed, making it the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organisations for clemency. It was the first execution since January 25, 2017, when seven people …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history. The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to …

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People In A Single Day For Terror-Related Offences: Report
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People In A Single Day For Terror-Related Offences: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the largest mass execution by Saudi Arabia in its modern history, the Gulf country executed 81 people convicted of terror-related offences on Saturday. As per a report on news agency AFP, all the persons executed had been "found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes", the official Saudi Press Agency reported, saying they included convicts linked to the …

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day

Al Jazeera  

The death penalty applied for a range of charges in the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom’s modern history. Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, on charges including “allegiance to foreign terrorist organisations” and holding “deviant beliefs”, state news agency Saudi Press Agency said, in …

Saudi Arabia executes 37 in connection with terrorism
5 years, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes 37 in connection with terrorism

Al Jazeera  

Saudi Arabia executed 37 of its citizens on Tuesday for what it said were “terrorism” related crimes, publicly pinning at least one of the bodies to a pole as a warning to others. The individuals were found guilty of attacking security installations with explosives, killing a number of security officers, and cooperating with “enemy organisations” against the interests of the …

Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes; most Shiites
5 years, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes; most Shiites

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens, most of them minority Shiites, in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes. It marked the largest number of executions in a single day in Saudi Arabia since Jan. 2, 2016, when the kingdom executed 47 people for terrorism-related crimes in what was the …

Iran hangs eight men in connection with 2017 Islamic State attack on Parliament, shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
6 years, 8 months ago

Iran hangs eight men in connection with 2017 Islamic State attack on Parliament, shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Firstpost  

Iran executed eight men who were connected to the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine Tehran: Iran said on Saturday it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran. The judiciary’s official Mizan news agency and semi-official news agencies in …

Saudi Arabia to execute 14 men on protest-related charges after ‘grossly unfair’ mass trial
7 years, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia to execute 14 men on protest-related charges after ‘grossly unfair’ mass trial

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court of Saudi …

Saudi Arabia executes four men over attacks on police in restive Qatif peninsula
7 years, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes four men over attacks on police in restive Qatif peninsula

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four people have been executed …

Kuwait hangs 7 prisoners, including royal, in mass execution
8 years, 1 month ago

Kuwait hangs 7 prisoners, including royal, in mass execution

Associated Press  

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait hanged seven prisoners in a mass execution on Wednesday, including a royal family member and a woman convicted of killing 58 women and children when she set fire to a wedding tent — the first death sentences carried out in several years in the oil-rich emirate. Pawa’s brother, Air Force Lt. Col. Gary Pawa, said his …

Kuwait hangs seven, including royal, in mass execution
8 years, 1 month ago

Kuwait hangs seven, including royal, in mass execution

Al Jazeera  

The prisoners were convicted of various offences, including murder, kidnapping and rape. Kuwait has hanged seven prisoners, including a royal family member, according to a statement carried by the state-run KUNA news agency. The Kuwaiti government identified the royal as Sheikh Faisal Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah and said he was convicted of premeditated murder and illegal possession of a …

Iraq executes 36 men convicted of Isis massacre that killed 1,700
8 years, 6 months ago

Iraq executes 36 men convicted of Isis massacre that killed 1,700

The Independent  

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Iran says it has executed 20 sunni 'terrorist' in single day
8 years, 7 months ago

Iran says it has executed 20 sunni 'terrorist' in single day

India TV News  

Iran has executed a group of 20 “terrorist” Sunni prisoners for committing several murders and undermining national security, state media reported on Thursday. killed women and children, caused destructions and acted against the security and killed Sunni religious leaders in some Kurdish regions,” IRIB television quoted prosecutor general Mohammad Javad Montazeri. Montazeri said that the convicts, some of whom had …

Iraq executes five convicted militants as toll from Isis bomb blast reaches 165
8 years, 8 months ago

Iraq executes five convicted militants as toll from Isis bomb blast reaches 165

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the death toll from Sunday’s huge blast in …

Kuwait ‘foils ISIL attack plot’ during Ramadan
8 years, 8 months ago

Kuwait ‘foils ISIL attack plot’ during Ramadan

Al Jazeera  

Seven ISIL suspects believed to be planning attacks on mosque and government building arrested, interior ministry says. Kuwaiti police have arrested several suspects belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group believed to be planning attacks across the country, the interior ministry has said. “Kuwait security agencies have carried out three pre-emptive operations in Kuwait and abroad …

Kuwait sentences two to death for 'spying for Iran' and plotting attacks
9 years, 2 months ago

Kuwait sentences two to death for 'spying for Iran' and plotting attacks

Firstpost  

Kuwait on Tuesday sentenced two defendants to death, including an Iranian being tried in absentia, after they were convicted of “spying for Iran” and plotting attacks in the Gulf country. Kuwait City, Kuwait: Kuwait on Tuesday sentenced two defendants to death, including an Iranian being tried in absentia, after they were convicted of “spying for Iran” and plotting attacks in …

Saudi Arabia executions: The political protesters who were killed – and those still on death row
9 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia executions: The political protesters who were killed – and those still on death row

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He was one of seven protesters sentenced to death …

Saudi Arabia executes 47 on terrorism charges
9 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes 47 on terrorism charges

Al Jazeera  

Shia leader Nimr al-Nimr, who led anti-government protests, and al-Qaeda figure Faris al-Zahrani among those executed. Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry says it has executed 47 “terrorists”, including Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr and a convicted al-Qaeda leader Faris al-Zahrani. Appeal for calm Nimr’s execution prompted calls for demonstrations in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province and in other countries of the Middle …

Saudi Arabia executes 47, including top Shia cleric
9 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes 47, including top Shia cleric

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges on Saturday, including a Shiite cleric who was a central figure in 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests in the kingdom. The killing of Sheikh Nimr a-—Nimr may spark new unrest among Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority, largely concentrated in the kingdom’s east, and in Bahrain, which has seen low-level violence since 2011 protests …

Saudi Arabia To Execute Over 50 People Accused Of Terrorism: Report
9 years, 3 months ago

Saudi Arabia To Execute Over 50 People Accused Of Terrorism: Report

Huff Post  

https://us.edit.huffpost.net/cms/entry/56571a99e4b072e9d1c1d0c2/details Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters RIYADH, Nov 26 - Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this week, in what appears to be a warning to would-be jihadists at a time of militant attacks on the kingdom. Saudi Arabia has already executed over 150 people this year, mostly by public …

Seven sentenced to death over Kuwait mosque bombing
9 years, 6 months ago

Seven sentenced to death over Kuwait mosque bombing

Al Jazeera  

Court sentences seven suspects over suicide attack that killed at least 26 people during Ramadan, state media reports. A Kuwaiti court has sentenced seven suspects to death over the Imam al-Sadiq Mosque bombing, which killed at least 26 people and injured more than 200 others, the country’s state news agency reported. Kuwait’s criminal court on Tuesday sentenced eight others to …

Emirati court issues death sentence in killing of American
9 years, 8 months ago

Emirati court issues death sentence in killing of American

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced to death a woman convicted of murdering an American teacher with a butcher knife in the bathroom of an upscale Abu Dhabi mall, the state news agency WAM reported Monday. The attacker was identified as Emirati national Alaa Bader Abdullah al-Hashemi, a 30-year-old mother of six, according …

Two Indians among Kuwait mosque blast victims
9 years, 8 months ago

Two Indians among Kuwait mosque blast victims

The Hindu  

Two Indians were among the 26 people killed in the Islamic State >suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City, according to the Indian Embassy, which asked Indian nationals to take precautions for their safety and security in Kuwait. “The Embassy regrets to inform about the death of two Indian nationals in the bomb blast at Imam Sadiq Mosque …

'Mosque bomber was Saudi'
9 years, 8 months ago

'Mosque bomber was Saudi'

The Hindu  

Kuwait on Sunday identified a suicide bomber who carried out the country’s worst militant attack as a Saudi citizen and said it had detained the driver of the vehicle that took him to a Shi'ite Muslim mosque where he killed 27 people. The Interior Ministry named the bomber as Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa and said he flew into Kuwait’s airport …

Police arrest Kuwaiti national, others for mosque bombing - IndiaTV news
9 years, 8 months ago

Police arrest Kuwaiti national, others for mosque bombing - IndiaTV news

India TV News  

Kuwait city: Police have arrested a number of people, among them a Kuwaiti citizen, suspected of being behind a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 27 people, Kuwait's Interior Ministry said early Sunday. An upstart local affiliate of the Islamic State group, calling itself the Najd Province, claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place during midday Friday …

Kuwait detains suspects in mosque bombing: Source
9 years, 8 months ago

Kuwait detains suspects in mosque bombing: Source

The Hindu  

Kuwait has arrested several people on suspicion of involvement in the bombing of a Shia Muslim mosque on Friday that killed 27 people, a security source said on Saturday as the Gulf state marked a day of national mourning and prepared a mass funeral. Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing, which was the Gulf Arab country's worst …

Kuwaiti Shia mosque attack: Death toll rises to 27, 227 wounded; IS claims responsibility
9 years, 8 months ago

Kuwaiti Shia mosque attack: Death toll rises to 27, 227 wounded; IS claims responsibility

Firstpost  

The Islamic State group claimed a suicide bombing that ripped through a Shiite mosque in Kuwait on Friday that medics say killed at least 13 people. Kuwait City: The Islamic State group claimed a suicide bombing that ripped through a Shia mosque in Kuwait on Friday that the interior ministry said killed 25 people. Health Minister Ali al-Obaidi told Kuwait …

IS affiliate hits Shiite mosque in Kuwait-IndiaTV News
9 years, 8 months ago

IS affiliate hits Shiite mosque in Kuwait-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Kuwait City: A suicide bomber purportedly from an Islamic State affiliate unleashed the first terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than two decades on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding scores more in a bombing that targeted Shiite worshippers after midday prayers. Another witness, Ahmed al-Shawaf, said he heard a man interrupt prayer by shouting "Allahu Akbar," or …

25 killed in Islamic State attack on Kuwait mosque
9 years, 8 months ago

25 killed in Islamic State attack on Kuwait mosque

The Hindu  

Twenty five people were killed in the suicide bombing that targeted a Shia mosque in Kuwait, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency KUNA. It was the first suicide bombing attack on a Shia mosque in the small Gulf Arab oil exporting state, where Sunni and Shia Muslims live side by side with little apparent …

Deadly blast hits Kuwait mosque after Friday prayers
9 years, 8 months ago

Deadly blast hits Kuwait mosque after Friday prayers

Al Jazeera  

At least eight people killed in explosion at Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, medical sources tell Al Jazeera. An explosion has ripped through a Shia mosque in Kuwait City after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, Al Jazeera has learned. Video footage from the scene showed several bodies on the floor of the …

27 killed in suicide attack on Kuwait mosque; Islamic State affiliated group claims responsibility
9 years, 8 months ago

27 killed in suicide attack on Kuwait mosque; Islamic State affiliated group claims responsibility

ABC  

Twenty-seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kuwait City, the health ministry says. Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah said the attack was an attempt to threaten the country's national unity. The mainstream Sunni group, the Islamic Constitutional Movement condemned what it called "the low criminal attack targeting the mosque". Kuwait's …

Saudi Arabia mosque bombing: Two volunteer security guards hailed as heroes for stopping Isis suicide bomber reaching worshippers
9 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia mosque bombing: Two volunteer security guards hailed as heroes for stopping Isis suicide bomber reaching worshippers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two young men who reportedly …

Saudi Arabia mosque bombing: Isis suicide bomber 'disguised as woman' targets Shias
9 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia mosque bombing: Isis suicide bomber 'disguised as woman' targets Shias

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis has bombed a mosque …

Isis claims responsibility for Saudi mosque bombing against Shia minority
9 years, 9 months ago

Isis claims responsibility for Saudi mosque bombing against Shia minority

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 19 worshippers were …

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