A Sudanese morgue worker who was convicted of kidnapping,...

A Sudanese morgue worker who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering two female students at Sanaa University was executed. A police firing squad shot dead 52-year-old Mohammad Adam Omar, who has been dubbed in the local press as the "Sanaa Ripper", in a square near the university complex as thousands of Yemenis looked on.He was shot five times in the heart after receiving 80 lashes for drinking alcohol, which is banned under Yemen's Islamic law. The spectators included the families of the slain students, who were Yemeni and Iraqi nationals.