13 November 2008 :
a Chadian man was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, after being convictedof rape. A drunken Ibrahim Mohammad Ali Ibrahim broke into a house planning to commit a burglary and sexually assaulted the owners's daughter at knifepoint,
the ministry said in a statement carried by the state news agency SPA.
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 12/11/2008)