Beheading in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT

January 11, 2009: Authorities in Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man convicted of killing a fellow national after a dispute.
An Interior Ministry statement says Khaled Ahmad was executed in the northern town of Arar.
He was convicted of stabbing to death his compatriot Sultan al-Ruwaili in an argument. The statement did not explain the nature of the dispute. (Sources: Ap, 11/01/2008)