SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MURDERERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded three men convicted of separate murders across the kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
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Saudi Arabia beheaded three men convicted of separate murders across the kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
Mubarak al-Harithi and Obaidallah al-Harithi, whose nationality was not given, were executed in Mecca province for having stabbed and shot dead a victim named as Ayedh al-Harithi, it said in a statement carried by official news agency SPA.
The ministry said Majed al-Dosari was beheaded in Riyadh for having shot dead a fellow Saudi, Mehmas al-Dosari.
The executions bring to 70 the number of people put to death in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Mubarak al-Harithi and Obaidallah al-Harithi, whose nationality was not given, were executed in Mecca province for having stabbed and shot dead a victim named as Ayedh al-Harithi, it said in a statement carried by official news agency SPA.
The ministry said Majed al-Dosari was beheaded in Riyadh for having shot dead a fellow Saudi, Mehmas al-Dosari.
The executions bring to 70 the number of people put to death in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Afp, 26/11/2012)
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