SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

21 January 2008 :

Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword two men convicted of drug smuggling, the interior ministry announced.
Abdul Rahman Rashid and Qashaan al-Sabiee were executed in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom's Eastern Province for "trafficking large amounts of drugs", it said in a statement carried by the state SPA news agency.

(Sources: Agence France Presse, 21/01/2008)

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