SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

22 October 2009 :

a Saudi Arabian man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the northern town of Sakaka, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. Mohammed bin Saqer al-Quwaykabi was found guilty of shooting dead Faisal bin Shraytah al-Rawily following a dispute.
 
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 21/10/2009)

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