Anexecution in Kuwait Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows. Kuwaiti Ministry of Justice and Interior officials identified three of the men as Kuwaitis and two as foreign nationals. From Kuwait, Farraj Al Rukaibi was hanged for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a young girl, Saad Al Mutairi for murder and illegal weapons’ possession and Mohammed Al Shimmary for kidnapping and rape. Indian national Shakarullah Ansari was hanged for killing his Kuwaiti employer in 2003, stealing money from him and burying the body. Ansari had reportedly complained to the Indian Embassy three years previously that his employer beat him and did not feed him. The authorities also hanged Pakistani Mayan Mohammed Iqbal Mayan for smuggling drugs into the emirate. This is the largest number of executions to take place in Kuwait in one day. The death sentences were issued to the men follow...
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