49 gays arrested in Saudi

Saudi Arabia’s feared religious police seized 49 gays during a raid on a rest house where they were staging a party, the local press said on Sunday.

Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice stormed the rest house after receiving information about an “indecent” event taking place near a wedding hall in the western town of Taif.

Police raided the rest house at 4.00 am and arrested the 49, who included six Yemenis and Sudanese, as well as Saudis.

“They were caught dancing and hugging each other indecently and wearing obscene clothes,” the Arabic language daily Sabq said.

“Some of them wore dresses that show most parts of their bodies while others had tattoos on their hands and necks, including Satanist drawings.”

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