Kuwaiti aamir, found guilty of murdering his nephew, executed

The aamir, Sheikh Faisal Abdullah Al Sabah, was found guilty of murdering his nephew Sheikh Basil Salem Sabah Al Salem Al Mubarak Al Sabah and was sentenced to death in 2011, Al Arabiya reported today.

The emir is among seven people to be executed, including an Ethiopian, a Filipina, two Egyptians and a Bangladeshi, according to Kuwaiti daily Al



Rai.

The execution of Kuwaiti aamir came few months after Saudi Arabia executed a member of Saudi royal family for murdering a compatriot.

Prince Turki Bin Saud Al-Kabir was found guilty of shooting to death Adel Bin Suleiman Mohaimeed following a group fight in al-Thumama region on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Gazette reported on October 19, 2016.