17 March 2009 :
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword for shooting dead a Bangladeshi farm worker in the Muslim holy city of Medina, the interior ministry said. Hamud bin Awadh al-Matiri was found guilty of killing Shahin Khan Himayat Eddine and stealing 25 sheep from the farm where the victim worked.(Sources: Agence France Presse, 16/03/2009)