Kuwait Hangs 7 Prisoners, Including Royal, in Mass Execution

ABC News ^ | Jan 25, 2017, 7:53 AM ET | By hussain al-qatari

[CorporateStepsister]

Kuwait hanged seven prisoners in a mass execution on Wednesday, including a royal family member and a woman convicted of killing 58 women and children when she set fire to a wedding tent — the first death sentences carried out in several years in the oil-rich emirate.

Those executed included a Bangladeshi, a Filipina, an Ethiopian, two Kuwaitis and two Egyptians, according to a statement carried on the state-run KUNA news agency.

KUNA said that all had been convicted of murder except the Bangladeshi man, who was convicted of rape, kidnapping and theft.

Kuwait's ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, authorized the executions, which were carried out in the morning in the country's central prison.

The royal was identified as Faisal Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah, who killed his nephew Basil Al Sabah in 2010.

[CorporateStepsister]

It says something that the ruling Emir is willing to execute one of his privileged class for the crime of murder (although it was done to a fellow royal) instead of hushing it up. I find it admirable that the Emir is willing to go ahead and hang the murderer like all the others.

[albie]

“KUNA”?! I thought they were an oldies music station?!

[coydog]

Nothing keeps the rest of the family in line like showing a willingness to shoot your own mad dogs.

[TBP]

We gave American lives to defend these people.

[silverleaf]

Like we never executed murderers?
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[A_Former_Democrat]

5 of 7 were immigrants

[donozark]

At least they were inclusive. You know, multi-cultural and all that.

[rrrod]

I admire dead muslims......