SAUDI ARABIA: TWO MURDERERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its citizens for murder, taking to 102 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its citizens for murder, taking to 102 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
Mohammed al-Otaibi was convicted of shooting dead another Saudi, the interior ministry said in a statement on the official Saudi Press Agency.
Authorities carried out the sentence in Riyadh.
Separately, Turki al-Zahrani was put to death in the Muslim holy city of Mecca for stabbing dead a fellow Saudi, the ministry said.
Mohammed al-Otaibi was convicted of shooting dead another Saudi, the interior ministry said in a statement on the official Saudi Press Agency.
Authorities carried out the sentence in Riyadh.
Separately, Turki al-Zahrani was put to death in the Muslim holy city of Mecca for stabbing dead a fellow Saudi, the ministry said.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 16/06/2015)