SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS CITIZEN OVER MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the southern Najran province after he was convicted of killing another man, the interior ministry said.
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Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the southern Najran province after he was convicted of killing another man, the interior ministry said.
Zafer Al Batheen shot dead Ayed Al Qashaneen using a machine gun, following a dispute between the two.
His execution brings to 70 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP count.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery, homosexuality and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under the oil-rich Gulf nation’s strict version of Sharia.
Zafer Al Batheen shot dead Ayed Al Qashaneen using a machine gun, following a dispute between the two.
His execution brings to 70 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP count.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery, homosexuality and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under the oil-rich Gulf nation’s strict version of Sharia.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France-Presse, 03/11/2013)
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