Saudi executes 37 people for ‘terrorism crimes’

RIYADH

Saudi authorities executed 37 people in connection with terrorism crimes, according to the official SPA news agency on Tuesday.

The executed were “convicted of forming terrorist cells”, SPA said.

It confirmed that all the executed were Saudi citizens.

Tuesday’s executions came only two days after Saudi authorities said they had foiled a terrorist attack on a police center near the capital Riyadh, in which four attackers had been killed and three policemen injured.

On Monday, Riyadh also detained 13 citizens for allegedly planning to carry out “terrorist acts” in the kingdom.