SAUDI ARABIA. CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR FATAL SHOOTING
March 23, 2008: Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of a fatal shooting after a dispute. The Interior Ministry said Hazaa al-Masoud al-Qahtani was executed in the eastern region of Al-Khobar for killing another Saudi man, Talal bin Mohammed al-Sihli. The nature of the dispute was not explained. Al-Sihli was shot with a single bullet. (Sources: International Herald Tribune, 23/03/2008)
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