Saudi Arabia executes five Ethiopians for hashish smuggling.
The five were convicted of participating in smuggling hashish into the kingdom, the ministry said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabia has executed five Ethiopian nationals convicted of drug smuggling, bringing the kingdom’s execution toll this year to 205, according to the country’s Interior Ministry.
They were executed in Asir, a province in southwestern Saudi Arabia. The latest executions are the third such announcement involving Ethiopian nationals in recent months. Five Ethiopians were executed on the same day in June, while another five were put to death in July. With the latest executions, 32 Ethiopian nationals have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year, making them the largest foreign national group among those executed.
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