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Public hanging in Saudi Arabia |
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SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
September 6, 2006: a Yemen national was beheaded with a sword in southern Saudi Arabia after being convicted of drug smuggling.
Mohammed bin Yahia al-Razihi was executed in Jizane province near the Yemen border after being found guilty of smuggling hashish into Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said in a statement cited by an official news agency. (Sources: Pakistan Times Wire Service, 08/09/2006)
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