Saudi Arabia seems all set to carry out the execution of more than 50 people convicted of terrorism offences in the next few days, Independent reported.
According to reports, three of those facing execution were juvenile when they were arrested.
Earlier this week, a newspaper closely associated with the Saudi interior ministry, reported that the ministry has convinced families of the accused and concerned human rights organisations that the executions are imminent.
The authorities plan to carry out the beheadings in several cities across the kingdom after Friday prayers, sources said.
According to AFP tallies, 147 have been sentenced to death this year, against 87 for all of 2014.
It is believed that seven of the condemned men are Shia from the region of Al-Awamiyah in the oil-rich eastern province, including a leading Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al Nimr. He was arrested in a shootout with security forces in 2012.
