SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER

11 November 2008 :

a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the eastern province of Qatif after being convicted of murdering a compatriot.
Khaled bin Abdul Aziz al-Bazei shot dead Hussein Abdul Wahab Al Maiouf with a pistol after an argument, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

(Sources: Agence France Presse, 09/11/2008)

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