SAUDI ARABIA·DEATH PENALTY·APRIL 13, 2003·1 MIN READ

Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of...

Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of smuggling hashish, was publicly beheaded by sword in the northern Saudi city of Arar

Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of smuggling hashish, was publicly beheaded by sword in the northern Saudi city of Arar.
Al-Salami was arrested attempting to bring an unspecified quantity of hashish into the kingdom from Iraq.

— SOURCES

(Sources: Agence France-Presse, 13/04/2003)