SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING TEENAGER IN 54TH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
July 18, 2005: Ali bin Ahmad bin Hashidi Shuhaythi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, for strangling to death a teenager, the Saudi interior ministry announced. He had been convicted of killing Ibrahim bin Jaber bin Ahmad Oqaili by "strangling him to death following a row". (Sources: Agence France Presse, 18/07/2005)
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