SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED
A Syrian convicted of drug trafficking was beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
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A Syrian convicted of drug trafficking was beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
Mohammed Ismail al-Jammus had been charged with smuggling a large quantity of amphetamines into the country, a ministry statement reported by state news agency SPA said.
His decapitation takes to 54 the number of people beheaded in the ultra-conservative Gulf nation so far this year, according to an AFP count.
Mohammed Ismail al-Jammus had been charged with smuggling a large quantity of amphetamines into the country, a ministry statement reported by state news agency SPA said.
His decapitation takes to 54 the number of people beheaded in the ultra-conservative Gulf nation so far this year, according to an AFP count.
— SOURCES
- (Source: Agence France-Presse, Sept. 16, 2014)
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