SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Beheading in Saudi Arabia

20 January 2010 :

A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword in Abha, Saudi Arabia, for fatally shooting his wife and son. The interior ministry announced the beheading of Sultan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah al-Qahtani in a statement carried by the official SPA news service. It was the kingdom's fourth announced execution of 2010.
 
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 19/01/2010)

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