23 October 2008 :
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Jazan after being convicted of beating his wife to death, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.Moussa bin Qassem Dahesh was found guilty of killing his Yemeni wife, Aysah bint Ahmed Awaji, by hitting her repeatedly with a cane on her head and other parts of her body.
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 22/10/2008)
