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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 11, 2009
Saudi Arabia

SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT

Authorities in Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man convicted of killing a fellow national after a dispute

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Authorities in Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man convicted of killing a fellow national after a dispute.
An Interior Ministry statement says Khaled Ahmad was executed in the northern town of Arar.
He was convicted of stabbing to death his compatriot Sultan al-Ruwaili in an argument. The statement did not explain the nature of the dispute.
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  • (Sources: Ap, 11/01/2008)