A sick paedophile who raped and killed a four-year-old girl has been shot dead and hung from a crane in a chilling public execution in Yemen today.

Yemenis gathered in the country’s capital Sanaa to witness the gory spectacle after the condemned man was found guilty of the monstrous crime.

Hussein al-Saket, 22, was convicted of abducting, raping and murdering a four-year-old girl, who he later buried, according to Rajeh Ezzedine, a judge who attended the execution.

Ali Ayedh, the victim’s uncle, said Saket “took part in the search for the girl before being unmasked” as her killer during the police investigation.

He said his public execution would act as a “deterrent for criminals”.

Saket was brought to Tahrir Square in Sanaa which the Shiite Huthi rebels have controlled since 2014 – before being forced to lie face-down on the ground.

A cop then stood over him with an AK-47 assault rifle before firing down repeatedly into his body.

The policeman shot him through the back with five bullets aiming for the heart, before his bloodied corpse was strung up from a crane for all to see.