{"id":48081,"date":"2017-08-01T01:23:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T01:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=48081"},"modified":"2017-08-01T01:23:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T01:23:37","slug":"man-raped-killed-child-publicly-executed-point-blank-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=48081","title":{"rendered":"Man who raped, killed child is publicly executed at point blank range"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANAA \u2014 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, witnesses said.<\/p>\n

A policeman fired five bullets from an assault rifle into Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, as he lay with his hands handcuffed behind his back on a blanket on the ground in Sanaa\u2019s Tahrir Square, after a judge read out the death sentence.<\/p>\n

The execution drew an unusually large number of onlookers \u2014 some perched up telegraph poles and many watching from rooftops \u2014 because of the young age of Rana al-Matari, the victim.<\/p>\n

Security was tight amid fears of a revenge attack on Maghrabi by armed tribesmen related to his victim. The police truck transporting Maghrabi to the square was escorted by five police patrol vehicles.<\/p>\n

Yahya al-Matari, the father of the girl, told reporters after the execution that he felt as if he had been reborn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first day in my life,\u201d he said. \u201cI am relieved now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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