Saudi Arabia marked its kingdom’s biggest mass execution in decades by executing 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian in one day on Saturday.
"These individuals, totalling 81, were convicted of various crimes including murdering innocent men, women and children," the Ministry of Saudi Arabia said in a statement.
"Crimes committed by these individuals also include pledging allegiance to foreign terrorist organisations, such as ISIS (Islamic State), al-Qaeda and the Houthis," the statement reads.
The ministry did not say how the executions were carried out.
The kingdom executed 63 people in one day in 1980, a year after militants seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca, according to state media reports.
A total of 47 people, including prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, were executed in one day in 2016.
With Inputs From Reuters
