SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR MURDERS
Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis in Makkah finding them guilty of two murders, the interior ministry said.
1 MIN READ
Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis in Makkah finding them guilty of two murders, the interior ministry said.
Bashir Afridi and Rahmulwahab Abdullah, both Pakistanis, murdered and robbed Mohammed Haji, a fellow Pakistani, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
The two also killed a woman and caused the death of another, SPA reported, without revealing the nationalities of the two women.
The beheadings bring to 28 the total number of executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Bashir Afridi and Rahmulwahab Abdullah, both Pakistanis, murdered and robbed Mohammed Haji, a fellow Pakistani, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
The two also killed a woman and caused the death of another, SPA reported, without revealing the nationalities of the two women.
The beheadings bring to 28 the total number of executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Afp, 21/05/2012)
KEEP READING
ALL THE NEWS · DEATH PENALTY On the same front
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 2, 2026
IRAN - Aziz Roshanayi executed in Shiraz on September 2
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 2, 2026
IRAN - 3 men executed in Mashhad on September 2
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Pakistan: ASI sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Swabi
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Bangladesh: HC confirms death sentence of lone accused for rape, murder of 8-year-old Asiya
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
IRAN - Mojtaba Salahi Laghani executed in Rasht on September 2
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 30, 2026