Kuwait hanged three Bangladeshi convicted murderers Sunday before letting the public view the dead bodies still dangling from the gallows, in spite of international appeals to spare their lives.
Mohammad Zahar Abdul Sattar, Anwar al-Zamaan and Anwar Khan Mohammad were executed behind closed doors at around 8:10 (local time). Hundreds of Kuwaitis and expatriates, including a few children, gathered around a specially constructed scaffold to take a 15-minute look at the bodies, according to AFP.
It was the first time in two decades that the public was permitted to enter an execution site to see the bodies.
Bangladesh, for its part, expressed shock at the hangings, which came despite appeals by its government and human rights groups to spare the men. (Albawaba.com)
