SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Beheading in Saudi Arabia

21 June 2006 :

a Saudi man condemned to death for murder was beheaded with a sword in the north of the country. Said bin Faleh al-Shimari was executed after being found guilty of shooting Ayed bin Ghoneim al-Shimari with a pistol following differences between them, said a statement by the Saudi interior ministry.
The statement did not say if the two men were related.
 

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