# Saudi Arabia executed two people convicted of drug trafficking, bringing the total number of executions carried out this year to at least 106. The official Saudi Press Agency reported one was a Saudi national executed for trafficking amphetamines, and the other a Pakistani for trafficking heroin, both in Mecca. AFP reports those executed this year include 78 Saudis, eight Yemenis, five Ethiopians, seven Pakistanis, three Syrians, and one individual each from Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Jordan, India and Sudan. Two of them were women.
Saudi Arabia executed 106 people so far this year