Ahmad
Abdulsalam al-Baili and Hajjaj Saadi were both hanged today on a
gallows set up in a car park outside the country's main prison.
Saadi, 33, was executed for abducting and raping 18 young children, while Baili had been convicted of murdering an Asian couple.
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Doomed: Ahmad Abdulsalam al-Baili walks to the gallows in Kuwait after being convicted of murder
Final moments: Child rapist Hajjaj Saadi is guided by guards to the spot where he will be executed
International human rights campaigners had called for the death sentences of the two men, who are both Egyptian, to be commuted.
The
men had provoked widespread revulsion within Kuwait - Saadi became
known as the 'Hawalli Beast' after the district where he carried out his
crimes.
He lured 18 boys and girls under the age of 10 onto rooftops in the area before raping them, according to the authorities.
Saadi
was arrested in July 2007 as he was about to board a flight to his
homeland, and confessed to the rapes - but he later claimed the
confession had been made under duress.
He has also complained that he was not given consular assistance by the Egyptian embassy ahead of his execution.
Outrage: Saadi's crime of raping 18 young boys and girls shocked the whole nation of Kuwait
Baili was sentenced to death after killing an Asian couple in April 2008 by pouring fuel into their flat and setting it on fire.
He later tried to do the same with an Egyptian couple, but they survived the attack.
The men were hanged around 8am today in the presence of the public prosecutor and other legal authorities.
Execution: The bodies of the two criminals are seen hanging from the gallows set up in a prison car park
Kuwait only recently reimposed the death penalty after a six-year moratorium on executions.
The first set of prisoners to be hanged in April were three convicted murderers, none of whom was a Kuwaiti citizen.
There are believed to be 46 people currently on death row in the oil-rich Gulf state.
DAILYMAIL
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