The Saudi Press Agency has disclosed that 5 foreigners were beheaded today in Saudi Arabia for murder and robbery. Their nationals are 2 Yemenis, a Chadian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese.

In a statement, the interior ministry said the men were put to death in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.

They were identified as Yemenis Khaled Fetini and Ibrahim Nasser, Hassan Omar from Chad, Eritrean Salem Idriss and Abdel Wahhab Abdel Maeen from Sudan.

They were all convicted of killing an Indian guard at a business and stealing money from the safe.

This act contributes to what Amnesty International has called a “macabre spike” in the kingdom’s executions.

Their beheadings bring to 78 the number of locals and foreigners executed in Saudi Arabia this year, compared with 87 for all of last year, according to AFP tallies. Normally one or two people are executed at a time.

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