Saudi Arabia executes 63 from mosque attack

By WITH ANALYSIS FROM MONITOR CORRESPONDENTS AROUND THE WORLD; EDITED BY RUTH WALKER

January 10, 1980

Jiddah, Saudi Arabia

Sixty-three persons were beheaded in eight cities in Saudi Arabia Wednesday for their part in an attack last november on the Grand Mosque in Mecca. According to government figures, 160 people were killed in the heavy fighting between security forces and those who attacked the mosque, Islam's holiest place of worship.