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    Saudi Arabia carries out its largest known execution in the kingdom's modern history

    The number of those executed on Saturday — 81 — surpassed even the toll of a January 1980 mass execution for the 63 militants convicted of seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979.
    by The Associated Press Mar 12, 2022 3 minutes
    Updated March 12, 2022 at 2:33 PM ET

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history.

    The number of executed surpassed even the toll of a January 1980 mass execution for the 63 militants convicted of seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979, the worst-ever militant attack to target the kingdom and Islam's holiest site.

    It wasn't clear why the kingdom choose Saturday for the executions, though they came

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