SAUDI BEHEADS 5 NATIONALS FOR MURDER, RAPE OF TEENAGER

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded five Saudi men convicted of killing and raping a teenager, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, the ministry said the five Saudis, Khaled ben Humaid al-Sahli, Ali ben Ahmad Ayyashi, Jazi ben Semayel al-Meraashi, Hani al-Ofi and Aesh al-Mohammadi, kidnapped the teenager, raped and stabbed him. Then, they severed his head and afterward dumped the boy's body in a lake. In violation of Saudi's strict Islamic Sharia law, the five are also said to have drank alcohol, taken drugs and carried out several car thefts in the holy city of Medina.