SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI DRUG SMUGGLER BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling.
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Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling.
Nazir Ahmed Sultan Ahmed was found guilty of smuggling the drug in his intestines, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Authorities carried out the sentence in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, it said.
According to AFP tallies, he is the 98th foreigner or Saudi national to be executed in the conservative Muslim kingdom this year.
The number of executions has surged compared with the 87 recorded by AFP for the whole of 2014.
Nazir Ahmed Sultan Ahmed was found guilty of smuggling the drug in his intestines, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Authorities carried out the sentence in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, it said.
According to AFP tallies, he is the 98th foreigner or Saudi national to be executed in the conservative Muslim kingdom this year.
The number of executions has surged compared with the 87 recorded by AFP for the whole of 2014.
— SOURCES
- (Source: Agence France-Presse, June 10, 2015)
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