09 January 2009 :

two Sri Lankans, Sod Karn Tabi Fali and Miqra Safira Motio, were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of armed robbery and murdering a Sudanese accountant.
The two men were found guilty of shooting dead and robbing Mohammed al-Jakk Mohammed, who worked as a company accountant, as he walked out of a bank in Riyadh, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.