SAUDI ARABIA: 2 BEHEADED SAUDIS BRING 2014 EXECUTION TALLY TO 82

2 Saudis were beheaded for drug trafficking and murder, official media reported, bringing to 82 the number of executions this year.
The sentence against Abdulrahman bin Bakheit al-Lugmani was carried out in the western city of Mecca, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
He had been convicted of smuggling a large quantity of amphetamines, it said.
The 2nd execution was in Eastern Province. Mehdi al-Mahmoud had been convicted of shooting dead another man following a dispute, the ministry said.
According to an AFP tally, 82 Saudis and foreigners have been beheaded in the kingdom this year, with more than 2/3 of the executions carried out over the past 4 months.