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Beheading in Saudi Arabia |
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SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
April 16, 2007: a Saudi man convicted of raping minors was executed by beheading in Riyadh, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. Khaled bin Abdullah al-Arjani al-Ajmi was handed down the death penalty for raping minors and other crimes including theft and possession and use of drugs, the ministry said. It added that Ajmi disguised himself as a policeman before carrying out his crimes. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 17/04/2007)
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