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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 20, 2005
Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA. THREE SAUDI NATIONALS BEHEADED FOR MURDER

three Saudis were beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murder in separate incidents, the interior ministry said.

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three Saudis were beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murder in separate incidents, the interior ministry said.
Suleiman bin Saad al-Chaathan, Thamer bin Salem al-Anzi and Hassan bin Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Mashi were all executed in Riyadh. They had been convicted by the sharia (Islamic law) court of shooting dead three other Saudis during "heated arguments".
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  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 20/12/2005)