SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER

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26 April 2007 :

Atef bin Mohammed al-Yassi was beheaded in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for beating to death Saud bin Mussaed al-Abdali with a piece of wood, official SPA news agency said in a statement.

(Sources: AfricaAsia, 25/04/2007)

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