13 March 2008 :
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a citizen who was convicted of fatally stabbing a compatriot.An Interior Ministry statement, which was carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, said Faisal al-Shammari was executed near the kingdom's northern border. It said al-Shammari stabbed Said bin Khalifa al-Shammari several times during a fight.
(Sources: International Herald Tribune, 11/03/2008)