DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has executed 47 ‘terrorists’, according to the interior ministry, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr and al-Qaeda-affiliated Faris al-Zahrani.

In a press release read on state TV on Saturday, the ministry listed the names of all those it said were already convicted on charges of terrorism, reports Al Jazeera.

The death sentence of Nimr al-Nimr, who led the anti-government protests in the country’s east, was confirmed by the Supreme Court in October.

Al-Zahani, once considered one of the ‘most wanted terrorists’, was detained in 2004 while in possession of weapons, authorities said back them.

Among those executed were one Egyptians and one Chadian.

The ministry said that the convicted had participated in attacks against residential compounds and government buildings, according to the interior ministry.

BDST: 1406 HRS, JAN 02, 2016
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