Saudi Arabia has executed 47 "terrorists", according to the interior ministry, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr and al-Qaeda-affiliated Faris al-Zahrani.
In a press release read on state TV on Saturday, the ministry listed the names of all those it said were already convicted on charges of terrorism.
The death sentence of Nimr al-Nimr, who led the anti-government protests in the country's east, was confirmed by the the Supreme Court in October.
Al-Zahani, once considered one of Saudi Arabia's "most wanted terrorists", was detained in 2004 while allegedly in possession of weapons.
Among those executed were one Egyptian and one Chadian, the ministry said.
It added that the convicted had participated in attacks against residential compounds and government buildings.
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