Kuwait
hangs 3 for raping and killing child
Kuwait
publicly hanged on Monday 3 men, 2 Saudis and one Kuwaiti, who
were convicted of raping and murdering a 6-year old Pakistani
girl, witnesses said.
The
cases have provoked public soul-searching over security and crime
in the tiny oil-rich country, which imposes the death penalty --
usually by public hanging -- for murderers, rapists and people
convicted of crimes against the state.
Marzouq
Saed al-Saeed, Saeed al-Saeed and Kuwaiti citizen Hamad
al-Daikhany were executed at Naif Palace.
Kuwait's
high court in April issued its final verdict in the case a year
after the judicial system first sentenced the three to death for
kidnapping, raping and killing Amna al-Khaledi.
Latifa
al-Saeed, a Saudi, was also sentenced to 15 years in prison after
the Court of Cessation found her guilty of being an accomplice in
the crime, luring Khaledi into a car.
Amna
was found dead in the Salmi desert in May of 2002 after having
been reported missing for several days. Coroner reports revealed
she was raped and stabbed several times.
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