SAUDI ARABIA·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 22, 2001·1 MIN READ

Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was...

Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was publicly beheaded after being found guilty by an Islamic shari'a court of murdering a compatriot

Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was publicly beheaded after being found guilty by an Islamic shari'a court of murdering a compatriot. The Interior Ministry said the sentence was carried out in Al-Ta'if Governorate, in the Mecca Region.

— SOURCES

(Sources: SPA news agency monitored by BBC, Reuters, 22/02/2001)