SAUDI ARABIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION OF 2010

A Saudi man was beheaded in Madinah for raping and robbing four women after offering to give them a ride in his pickup truck.
Salah ibn Rihaidan ibn Hailan Al-Johani lured the women into his pickup while posing as a taxi driver on four different occasions. He would then take the women to remote areas where he would abandon them after raping and robbing them, said the Ministry of Interior in a statement.
Al-Johani had a pickup truck that he used as a taxi to pick up passengers, a practice that is not uncommon in the city especially during the pilgrim seasons.
The Ministry of Interior said that whenever a woman would get into his vehicle, Al-Johani would drive quickly outside the city, strip his victims naked, and then rape and rob them. The ministry added that he would also remove his truck’s number plates to make it difficult for the police to trace him.