SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN PUT TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF FELLOW CITIZEN
Saudi Arabia carried out its 137th execution this year, putting to death another of its citizens for murder.
Saudi Arabia carried out its 137th execution this year, putting to death another of its citizens for murder.
Mohammed al-Qahtani had been convicted of gunning down a fellow Saudi with an automatic weapon in an argument, the interior ministry said in a statement. He was executed in Riyadh.
According to AFP tallies, Qahtani was the 137th Saudi or foreigner put to death by the kingdom this year, compared with 87 in 2014.
Mohammed al-Qahtani had been convicted of gunning down a fellow Saudi with an automatic weapon in an argument, the interior ministry said in a statement. He was executed in Riyadh.
According to AFP tallies, Qahtani was the 137th Saudi or foreigner put to death by the kingdom this year, compared with 87 in 2014.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 22/10/2015)