Police officers escort Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, who was convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl, to the execution site, in Sanaa, Yemen July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
SANAA (Reuters) - A man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl was executed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday in front of hundreds of onlookers, the first public execution there since 2009.
"Security was very tight, because authorities were fearing a revenge attack by armed men from the Bani Matar tribe to which the girl's family belong," said Reuters photographer Khaled Abdullah who witnessed the scene.
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