The rich Gulf country, with one of the highest murder rates in the world, has been targeted by a series of deadly ISIS shootings and bombings since late 2014.
The rich Gulf country, with one of the highest murder rates in the world, has been targeted by a series of deadly ISIS shootings and bombings since late 2014.
Saudi Arabia on Monday killed a Yemeni man accused of plotting suicide in the state and colluding with an ISIS jihadist group, the Interior Ministry said.
Since late 2014, one of the world's highest execution rates the wealthy Gulf country has been the target of a series of deadly ISIS shootings and explode.
"Mohammed al-Saddam, a Yemeni national, wanted to target civilians at a public center under the orders of the Daesh terrorist organization," the Interior Ministry said in a statement, referring to ISIS in its Arabic form.
" In the city of Riyadh on Monday, death sentence was down."
It said the man had "pledged allegiance to ISIS" and was planning a "suicide bombing using an explosive device", without elaborating on the case or while Yemen was detained.
Saudi officials were not available for comment immediately.
The number of homicides has dropped dramatically in 2020, in part due to the suspension of drug trafficking cases.
At least 40 people were killed this year between January and July in Saudi Arabia, comparing more than 2020 in total, Amnesty International said in August.
According to AFP figures, total of 70 people have been killed this year in the state.
According to Amnesty authority, Saudi Arabia killed 184 people in 2019, the highest number recorded in a single year in the country.
Earlier this year, the Saudi Arabian Human Rights Commission said it had written that 27 people had been killed in 2020.
Last year, the HRC also announced that Saudi Arabia would end its court-ordered beatings, with changes adopted by human rights activists.
A man arrested in 2012 after nine years in prison for participating in anti-government protests, Saudi Arabia released in November.
Activists, however, are skeptical that the reforms will extend to the release of political prisoners, a temporary moratorium on anti-apartheid protests or the end of genocide.
