SAUDI ARABIA: CHILD RAPIST'S BEHEADING IS FIRST EXECUTION UNDER NEW KING

Saudi Arabia beheaded a serial child rapist, in the first execution since King Salman's rise to the throne in the conservative Muslim monarchy, official media said. 
"Mousa bin Saeed Ali al-Zahrani lured several underage girls and kidnapped them. He also threatened them and their relatives and physically assaulted them in his home," the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the interior ministry.
"He raped them, detained them, forced them to drink alcohol, and forced some to watch pornographic material."The report did not disclose his nationality. Zahrani was beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, bringing to 13 the number of Saudis and foreigners executed this year, according to an agency tally.
Salman acceded to the throne last Friday (January 23) after his half-brother King Abdullah died aged about 90, following a reign of almost 10 years.