Saudi authorities have executed five expatriates after they were convicted of raiding a company and killing a guard, reports Gulf News.

According to the Saudi Interior Ministry, the convicts — Pakistani nationals — had attacked the private sector firm, tied up two guards, assailing them and killing a Bangladeshi guard.

The verdict was later upheld by appeals and supreme courts, and approved by a royal order, making it final. Their executions were carried out Tuesday in the city of Mecca.

Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty against convicts in cases of murder and terror attacks as well as drug smuggling and trafficking.

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