Oklahoma executes man for 2001 murders of two hotel workers

Donald Grant's execution was the first in the US in 2022 and third in the state since it resumed lethal injections in October

Oklahoma executed a man on Thursday for the murders of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001.

Donald Grant, 46, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10.16am. It was the first execution in the US in 2022 and the third in Oklahoma since the state resumed lethal injections in October following a nearly seven-year hiatus.