31 December 2008 :
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the northern border city of Arar after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot. Abdullah al-Anzi was found guilty of stabbing to death Mamdouh al-Anzi over a commercial transaction, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.(Sources: Agence France Presse, 27/12/2008)