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SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
April 26, 2012: Saudi Arabia beheaded a man for murder in the kingdom's southeastern region of Asir, the interior ministry said.
Zaher bin Ali al-Shihri was found guilty of stabbing fellow Saudi Mohammed bin Hadi al-Qahtani after a disagreement, according to a statement published on the official SPA news agency.
Shihri's beheading brings the total number of executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom to 21 so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Under the AFP count, at least 76 people were beheaded in 2011, while rights group Amnesty International put the number of executions last year at 79. (Sources: AFP, 26/04/2012)
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