SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT

Saudi national Majid bin Abdulla bin Humood Al-Otaibi was executed in Riyadh for murdering a compatriot after a heated argument. 
The Penal Court found Majid guilty of stabbing to death Badr bin Humood bin Nuwaishi Al-Otaibi and sentenced him to capital punishment. 
The Saudi Court of Appeals and the High Court upheld the death sentence and a plea for royal mercy was turned down.