The Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia has announced this Saturday the execution in the Eastern Province of two men convicted for “terrorist offenses,” after a judicial process that was appealed and whose sentence was finally confirmed by the country’s Supreme Court.
The authorities have stated that the executed men are Fadel bin Hasán bin Abdulá al Safwani and Jawad bin Abdulá bin Ali Qurairees, declared responsible for “terrorist offenses consisting in joining a foreign terrorist organization, firing on members of the security forces and police vehicles through the use of weapons and grenades, possessing real weapons and ammunition, and providing support to finance and carry out terrorist operations within the Kingdom.”
Interior has emphasized that, “by the grace of God, the security authorities managed to arrest both individuals. After the investigations, they were formally charged with committing those offenses and, once referred to the competent judicial jurisdiction, after their legal capacity and criminal responsibility were established, a sentence was issued that determined their guilt and sentenced them to death as a discretionary punishment,” according to a statement circulated on social media.
The Ministry has framed these executions within the “commitment to maintaining security” within Saudi territory and to the “implementation of justice and the provisions of Islamic law” against those who “violate the right to life and the security of innocent persons.”
In this context, Riyadh has issued a warning to anyone planning to perpetrate acts of similar characteristics, by stressing that “he will face the corresponding punishment in accordance with Islamic law.”