SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabia executed two men who were convicted of murder, bringing to six the number of people put to death in the conservative Muslim kingdom in the last week.
The Interior Ministry said Abdullah Hezazi was executed in the eastern city of Al-Khobar after being found guilty of shooting dead two men. Naji Kilaib was executed in the capital Riyadh for murdering another man, the ministry said.