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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 1, 2009
Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA DECAPITATES MAN FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of fatally shooting a fellow citizen over a dispute.

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Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of fatally shooting a fellow citizen over a dispute. Jamal al-Shammari was executed in the northern city of Hayel after being convicted of murdering Mitaab al-Ghaithi, the Interior Ministry says in a statement without explaining the nature of the dispute.
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  • (Sources: International Herald Tribune, 01/02/2009)