Rapist who murdered a 

three-year-old girl is executed

with a machine gun



 As a crowd of thousands watched, one soldier fired shots through Maghrabi's back, killing him
As a crowd of thousands watched, one soldier fired shots through 
Maghrabi's back, killing him

  • Sentence was passed after he raped
  •  and murdered a three-year-old girl
  • Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, shot dead with AK rifle in
  •  square in Sanaa, Yemen 
  • Sentence was passed after he raped and murdered a
  •  three-year-old girl
  • Images show Maghrabi on the floor surrounded by crowd
  •  before being killed

A 41-year-old man has been executed in Yemen after he was
 convicted of raping and killing a three-year-old girl.
Muhammad al-Maghrabi was shot to death with an AK-style 
rifle in the capital of Sanaa on Monday.
Pictures show Maghrabi laying on the floor with his hands bound 
behind his back before a soldier standing over him opens fire.
Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, was shot dead in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Monday

Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, was shot dead in the Yemeni capital 
of Sanaa on Monday
Maghrabi was killed after being convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl

Maghrabi was killed after being convicted of raping and murdering
a three-year-old girl
He was brought to the main square in Sanaa in an armoured van before soldiers laid him on the floor to carry out the sentence

He was brought to the main square in Sanaa in an armoured van 
before soldiers laid him on the floor to carry out the sentence
 As a crowd of thousands watched, one soldier fired shots through Maghrabi's back, killing him

 As a crowd of thousands watched, one soldier fired shots through
 Maghrabi's back, killing him
The execution was watched by a crowd of thousands who 
gathered in the city's main square. 
Maghrabi was brought there by prison van before being laid down 
on a rug where he was fatally shot through the back.
Television cameras broadcast the sentence across the country 
while viewers filmed it on their phones.
Sharia law is the source of all legislation in Yemen, according
 to a US State Department report.
Under the law murder is punishable by the death sentence, 
though the family of the victim do have the power to
 lessen the punishment.
While beheading is common, sharia does not specify
 how the death sentence should be carried out. 
Onlookers filmed the execution on their phones while a television crew gathered around to get the best angle (rear left)

Onlookers filmed the execution on their phones while a television
 crew gathered around to get the best angle (rear left)
Thousands of people including those carrying cameras on selfie sticks gathered to watch the execution in Sanaa on Monday

Thousands of people including those carrying cameras on selfie 
sticks gathered to watch the execution in Sanaa on Monday
Maghrabi steps out of the prison van and into the square where he was then shot dead

Maghrabi steps out of the prison van and into the square where 
he was then shot dead
The guilty man is escorted through the square by military guards before his sentence

The guilty man is escorted through the square by military guards 
before his sentence
(The Mail, UK)