Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Saudi Arabia beheads citizen for murder
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded
one of its nationals on Tuesday in the southwestern Aseer region after he was
convicted of murdering a fellow citizen, the interior ministry announced.
Mohammad Al Qah’tani shot dead Mueed Al
Qah’tani during a fight between the two, the ministry said in a statement
carried by state news agency SPA.
His execution brings to 11 the number of people
beheaded in Saudi Arabia so far this year.
In 2012, the kingdom beheaded 76 people,
according to an AFP tally based on official figures. The US-based Human Rights
Watch put the number at 69.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug
trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of
sharia.
Source: AFP, February 12, 2013
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