Three Saudi men were beheaded on Tuesday for committing acts of sodomy and "seducing young men," reports the Associated Press quoting a statement by the Interior Ministry.
The trio ?committed acts of sodomy, married each other, seduced young men and attacked those who rebuked them,? the statement said.
The executions were the first this year in Saudi Arabia where homosexuality is punishable by death. Last year, at least 81 people were beheaded.
Saudi Arabia follows strict Islamic sharia law, executing murderers, rapists and drug smugglers, usually by public beheading while robbers are punished by having limbs cut off.
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