Kuwait hung royalty

Kuwait on Wednesday hanged seven prisoners, including members of the royal family, the statement said the state news agency KUNA.The hangings are the first in the Gulf, oil-rich country made by mid-2013.Among those executed were two Kuwaitis, two Egyptians, Bangladeshi, Filipino and Ethiopia.They were sentenced for crimes such as murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and rape.

Premeditated Murder

The Kuwaiti government has stated that it is executed and a member of the royal family, Sheikh Faisal Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah, and added that he was convicted for premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearms.Nusra al-Enezi, the other hanged Kuvajćanka, was convicted of arson in a tent in 2009, during the wedding party of her husband, killing 57 people, including women and children.It was an obvious act of revenge, because her husband decided to marry a second wife.

Philippine and Ethiopian were maids who were convicted for the murder of family members of their employers in two unrelated crimes.Two Egyptians were sentenced for murder in the first degree, while the Bangladeshi convicted of kidnapping and rape.Officials from the Philippines previously identified sagging Filipino as jakata Pawa, who was convicted of murdering 22-year-old daughter of her employer in 2007.In an interview with ABS-CBN television Charles Jose, Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Government of the Philippines tried to diplomatic, political and religious channels rid Pawula.

Her brother Gary Pawa told The Associated Press that his sister, in tears, she called earlier Wednesday to inform him about the planned execution.

The shock to the family in the Philippines

Since it was asked to take care of her two children.In a separate interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer Pawa said that the execution was a shock for the family, given the fact that they expected that his sister soon return home.He said that his sister is innocent.The last executions in Kuwait for which the record were made in 2013, when they were hanged Pakistani, Saudi and "bidoon" or stateless persons.

• 25 Jan, 2017
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