SAUDI ARABIA: MAN WHO ABDUCTED AND RAPED MINOR GIRLS EXECUTED

A Saudi man who kidnapped and raped minor girls was executed in the city of Dammam, in the Eastern Province.
The Criminal Court convicted Ali bin Ayedh bin Ali Al-Madawi of raping the abducted girls in a desert area, and sentenced him to capital punishment.
The Saudi Court of Appeals and the High Court upheld the death sentenced and the King rejected his plea for mercy.