SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Zahrani, a Saudi man convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern city of Al-Baha, the country’s interior ministry announced.
Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Zahrani, a Saudi man convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern city of Al-Baha, the country’s interior ministry announced.
Al-Zahrani had been convicted of fatally stabbing Fahd bin Mahfuz al-Ghamdi in the neck and chest "after a dispute broke out between them," it said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
Al-Zahrani had been convicted of fatally stabbing Fahd bin Mahfuz al-Ghamdi in the neck and chest "after a dispute broke out between them," it said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France Presse, 02/06/2005)