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SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES ANOTHER PRISONER, BRINGING TO 55 NUMBER OF CONVICTS PUT TO DEATH THIS YEAR
January 28, 2016: Saudi Arabia executed one of its citizens for murder, bringing to 55 the number of convicts put to death this year.
Authorities in the southwestern region of Aseer carried out the death sentence against Owaidhah al-Saadi, the interior ministry said in a statement.
A court found him guilty of shooting dead another Saudi following a dispute, it said.
Last year the kingdom executed 153 people, mostly for drug trafficking or murder, according to an AFP tally. (Sources: AFP, 28/01/2016)
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