June 1
KUWAIT:
Kuwait hangs 3 for raping and killing child
Kuwait publicly hanged on Monday 3 men, 2 Saudis and one Kuwaiti, who were
convicted of raping and murdering a 6-year old Pakistani girl, witnesses
said.
The cases have provoked public soul-searching over security and crime in
the tiny oil-rich country, which imposes the death penalty -- usually by
public hanging -- for murderers, rapists and people convicted of crimes
against the state.
Marzouq Saed al-Saeed, Saeed al-Saeed and Kuwaiti citizen Hamad
al-Daikhany were executed at Naif Palace.
Kuwait's high court in April issued its final verdict in the case a year
after the judicial system first sentenced the three to death for
kidnapping, raping and killing Amna al-Khaledi.
Latifa al-Saeed, a Saudi, was also sentenced to 15 years in prison after
the Court of Cessation found her guilty of being an accomplice in the
crime, luring Khaledi into a car.
Amna was found dead in the Salmi desert in May of 2002 after having been
reported missing for several days. Coroner reports revealed she was raped
and stabbed several times.
(source: Reuters)
