GRAPHIC CONTENT: Crowd watch as man who raped toddler executed with machine gun in street
EXECUTIONERS killed a man with a machine gun in the street after he was convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl.
Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, was shot by police who opened fire with a machine gun at a public square
Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, was shot by police who opened fire with a machine gun at a public square in Sana'a, Yemen.
al-Maghrabi was convicted of raping and killing three-year-old Rana Yahya Al-Matari.
Images released from his execution show him on the floor with his hands handcuffed behind his back.
A soldier towers over him with a machine gun aimed at his back before he fires.
The rapist’s punishment was watched by hundreds of baying spectators in the city’s main square.
al-Maghrabi was brought to the spot by police who laid him down onto a white rug.
Images released from the killing showed him on the floor with his hands behind his back
The crowd, of mostly men, took out their mobile phones to record the event.
Television stations also broadcast his death to viewers at home.
The crowd, of mostly men, took out mobile phones to record the event
The last time that a Yemini was executed in this manner was in 2009, when a man was punished and killed for raping and murdering an 11-year-old.
Yemen punishes murderers with a death sentence and beheading is another common punishment.
However, Sharia law does not specify what type of method should be used for a criminal's punishment.