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SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR AIDING PRISONER ESCAPE
October 24, 2007: the Saudi news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement saying that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Hadi Bin-Ali Al Sulayman who was convicted of the crime of opening fire on a vehicle carrying prisoners in Najran with the aim of enabling a prisoner to escape.
The sentence was carried out in Najran. Al Sulayman, in his late 20s, was sent to prison four years ago for helping a friend convicted of drug trafficking escape from jail.
His original sentence of 10 years in prison was changed to the death penalty a few days ago. (Sources: BBC, 24/10/2007, New Zealand Herald, 25/10/2007)
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