SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Saudi national Hazaa bin Abdul Aziz bin Faraaj al-Dousari was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of shooting dead a compatriot, the interior ministry announced. He was alleged to have killed Fahad bin al-Humaid bin Rashid al-Dusari with an automatic rifle. He was executed in the region of Wadi al-Dawasir near Riyadh.