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Saudi Arabia excutes Nigerian woman, three others for drug trafficking

A Saudi executioner displays his sword. [Courtesy]

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said four people were executed on Monday for drug trafficking, including one woman, bringing to 53 the number of people put to death this year.

Two Pakistani men, a Yemeni man, and a Nigerian woman were executed in the holy city of Mecca, the ministry said in statements carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

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