Yemen has executed two men for abducting, raping and murdering a 12-year-old boy by shooting them in public. Wadah Refat, 28, and Mohamed Khaled, 31, had been convicted of raping and murdering a boy named Mohamed Saad in May last year. A 33-year-old woman has also been sentenced to death for helping Refat and Khaled dismember the boy's body. Yemen has one of the highest execution rates per capita in the world, and shooting is the most common method. Islamic Sharia law is applied in the country and a number of crimes are punishable by death, including murder, rape and terrorism.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2019 10:21 UTC