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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 7, 2005
Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN PUBLICLY BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabia executed two men who were convicted of stabbing their victims to death in separate incidents.

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Saudi Arabia executed two men who were convicted of stabbing their victims to death in separate incidents.
The Interior Ministry said Saudi national Yehya Ghozwani was convicted of killing another Saudi man Mefrih Ghozwani after an argument. He was executed in the southern town of Jazan. Mushabab al-Rashidi was put to death in the eastern town of Hofuf after he was found guilty of killing Hussein al-Mattar, who died of multiple stab wounds.
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  • (Sources: Reuters, 07/12/2005)