22 December 2005 :
a 21-year old Kuwaiti convicted of the premeditated murder of a compatriot was hanged and his hooded corpse displayed in public. Thamer Marzouk Al-Azmi was hanged inside the interior ministry in Kuwait City before dozens of spectators were allowed into the complex to view his body. Justice ministry official Najeeb al-Mulla, who supervised the hanging, said it took the convict 11.2 minutes to die.(Sources: SA, Arab Times, 21/12/2005)
