SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Saudi police officers are seen in Riyadh

16 July 2009 :

a Saudi man convicted of the murder of a fellow citizen was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
Musaffar Otaibi was found guilty of killing Hamad al-Ruq with a blow to the head with a stick following an argument.

(Sources: Agence France Presse, 15/07/2009)

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