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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER

two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry announced.

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two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry announced. Mohammed bin Jawaan al-Shammari was found guilty of shooting dead compatriot Manaa bin Hammad al-Anzi.
His execution was carried out in Arar, near the border with Iraq. Also in the north of the country, Abdel Magid bin Said al-Balawi was beheaded in Tabuk for stabbing to death a fellow Saudi, Khaled bin Mohammed al-Balawi.
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  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 16/09/2005)