SAUDI BEHEADED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILD

a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword in the western province of Taef after being convicted of sexually assaulting a young boy while drunk. Mishaal bin Daifallah al-Thubaiti was found guilty of "drinking alcohol, abducting a child from the street, taking him to an isolated spot and committing an immoral act against him," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.