Newsinc24 Team 
In Saudi Arabia, 81 men were executed in a single day, including members of al-Qaida, the "Islamic State" and Houthi groups. Officials said the prisoners were plotting attacks and smuggling weapons into Saudi Arabia. They were convicted on charges including terrorism and holding "deviant beliefs," according to state news agency SPA. The state-run Saudi Press Agency announced the executions, saying they included those “convicted of various crimes, including the murdering of innocent men, women and children.”
The agency cited a statement from the country's interior ministry as saying that some of the suspects were attempting to kill security officers and target police stations and convoys. "The accused were provided with the right to an attorney and were guaranteed their full rights under Saudi law during the judicial process, which found them guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes that left a large number of civilians and law enforcement officers dead,'' the report said, adding the the country would "continue to take a strict and unwavering stance against terrorism and extremist ideologies," the statement issued on Saturday.
“The kingdom will continue to take a strict and unwavering stance against terrorism and extremist ideologies that threaten the stability of the entire world,” the report added. Saudi Arabia is notorious for its strict penal code, mass executions of this scale are extremely rare. The kingdom beheaded 37 people in mass execution in 2019, and 47 in a similar event in January 2016. The latest wave of executions, however, surpasses even the aftermath of the seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, when 63 people were beheaded in 1980.
