SAUDI ARABIA: 70TH CONVICT EXECUTED THIS YEAR
Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder, bringing the number of people it has put to death this year to 70.
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Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder, bringing the number of people it has put to death this year to 70.
Alaa al-Zahrani was found guilty of killing fellow Saudi Abdullah al-Sumairi with a rock to the head, the interior ministry said.
He was put to death in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, said a ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
Alaa al-Zahrani was found guilty of killing fellow Saudi Abdullah al-Sumairi with a rock to the head, the interior ministry said.
He was put to death in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, said a ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
— SOURCES
- (Source: Agence France-Presse, March 6, 2016)
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