SAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
An Iraqi man was executed after being convicted of murdering a Saudi national in the kingdom's
An Iraqi man was executed after being convicted of murdering a Saudi national in the kingdom's northern border region, the ministry of interior said in a statement.
The statement carried by the state news agency SPA said Mohammed bin Abd al-Shamri was found guilty of shooting to death Saeed bin Saad al-Nasafi. His execution raises the number of people put to death in the kingdom to at least 69 since January.
In September, Amnesty International called on the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, where 140 people were on death row, to establish an "immediate moratorium on executions."
The statement carried by the state news agency SPA said Mohammed bin Abd al-Shamri was found guilty of shooting to death Saeed bin Saad al-Nasafi. His execution raises the number of people put to death in the kingdom to at least 69 since January.
In September, Amnesty International called on the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, where 140 people were on death row, to establish an "immediate moratorium on executions."
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- (Sources: dailystar, 23/11/2011)