CRIMMINAL justice under sharia law in Yeman is harsh, public and takes no prisons.
Yehya Hussein al-Raghwah, a barber found guilty of raping and murdering an 11-year-old boy was marched through the streets of his home town before being shot dead by an executioner as hundreds of onlookers – including the dead boy’s family – jeered and shouted abuse at him.
The boy, Hamdi al-Kabas, had reportedly come into his shop for a haircut last December.
After attacking him, the barber cut his body into pieces and dumped them outside Yeman’s capital Sana'a.
Al-Raghwah was given the death penalty by a Yemeni court which adheres to sharia law a month later after he apparently admitted to his crime.
Shocking images of his final moments were released following the execution yesterday.
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