Yemen is one of the few countries in the world where capital punishment is legal, and even children were in attendance to watch the gruesome event.

Refat, 28, and Khaled, 31, were condemned for the abduction, rape, and murder of a young boy who was snatched after playing next to the house of one of the men.

The pair reportedly dragged him into their home and raped him.
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Three other men were previously shot dead and hung from cranes for a similarly crime involving a young boy.

Another paedophile who raped a four-year-old girl was also shot and then hung on display.

Human Rights Watch director Sarah Leah Whitson condemned the sentencing in Yemen.