SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED IN YEAR’S FIRST EXECUTIONS
Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis for drug smuggling in the kingdom’s first executions of the year,
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Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis for drug smuggling in the kingdom’s first executions of the year, the Interior Ministry said.
Abrar Hussain Nizar Hussain was executed in the city of Jeddah after being convicted of trying to smuggle in heroin hidden in his stomach, the Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
Zahid Khan Barakat was beheaded in Qatif, in Eastern Province, over a similar charge, a separate statement said.
In 2013, Saudi Arabia executed 78 people, according to an AFP count.
Abrar Hussain Nizar Hussain was executed in the city of Jeddah after being convicted of trying to smuggle in heroin hidden in his stomach, the Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
Zahid Khan Barakat was beheaded in Qatif, in Eastern Province, over a similar charge, a separate statement said.
In 2013, Saudi Arabia executed 78 people, according to an AFP count.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 14/01/2014)
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