Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder, raising to 49 the number of death sentences carried

Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder, raising to 49 the number of death sentences carried out in the first week of 2016, the interior ministry announced.
Saud bin Mohammed al-Shalwi was convicted of shooting dead Mohammed bin Safar al-Harithi following a dispute, the ministry said in a statement published on the official SPA news agency.
He was executed in the western city of Taif, it said.