SAUDI ARABIA: NIGERIAN NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR RAPE
May 8, 2009: a Nigerian national was executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of sexually assaulting an elderly woman twice in her home, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. The court found that on both occasions the accused was under the influence of hashish and illegal pills. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 08/05/2009)
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