SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
October 12, 2008: two Saudi Arabian men were beheaded by the sword after they were convicted of murdering two compatriots, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
Musaed bin Attiyah al-Ruwaili was executed in the northern town of Ar'ar after he was found guilty of "detaining, beating and electrocuting Ahmad bin Obaid al-Anzi to death," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
Badr bin Hmoud al-Khumaisi was executed in the western Jeddah region after he was found guilty of fatally shooting Shayem bin Saleh al-Rashidi following a dispute, the ministry said. (Sources: Times of India, 12/10/2008)
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