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Bangladeshi government seeks answers over citizens’ executions in Saudi Arabia

# Bangladesh has asked Saudi Arabia for an explanation after two of its citizens were executed without its government being informed beforehand. The man and woman were executed in Mecca last week after being convicted of what Saudi authorities described as an indecent act inside a mosque. The precise nature of the offence has not been officially detailed. Bangladesh has handed a formal diplomatic note to the Saudi ambassador, seeking information about the case and the legal proceedings.