SAUDI EXECUTES LEADERS OF YEMENI ARMED GANG

July 4, 2013: Two Yemenis condemned to death for forming an armed gang and for robbery were executed in the Saudi capital, the interior ministry said.
In a statement cited by the official SPA news agency, the ministry said the two were the leaders of a gang whose other members have been sentenced to flogging and prison terms.
A total of 56 people have now been put to death in Saudi Arabia since the start of the year, according to an AFP count. (Sources: AFP,04/07/2013)