SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER

the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying the Religious Court sentenced Muhil Bin-Zayid Bin-Ma'yud al-Aydani, a Saudi national, to death for the killing of Khalid Bin-Sa'd Bin-Jab al-Harithi following an argument over a sum of money. The statement adds the court ruling was upheld by the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Judiciary Council, and that the sentence was carried out in Al-Ta'if city, Mecca Region.