25 January 2016 :

The Saudi Ministry of Interior said in a statement that a capital sentence against a murderer was carried out in Jeddah governorate, Makkah region as a punishment for killing a Saudi man after a quarrel between them.
The statement said that Mohammed bin Awadh bin Ahmed Al-Zahrani - a Saudi national - had stabbed by a knife Ryadh bin Saeed bin Taher Al-Zahrani - a Saudi citizen - several times to death.
Security authorities managed to arrest the above mentioned murderer who pleaded guilty; the General Court convicted him of his crime and the sentence was endorsed by the concerned authorities.
The murderer was executed in Jeddah governorate of Makkah region today after the sentence was endorsed by the Appeal and Supreme Courts and sealed by a royal order.
The execution of Al-Zahrani brought the total number of executions in Saudi Arabia this month to 53, AFP reported.