[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

July 12


SAUDI ARABIA:

Sri Lankan Woman Beheaded in Saudi Arabia


A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital Monday for murdering
her employer, the Interior Ministry said.

Bader el-Nisaa Mibari had been convicted of killing Sara bint Mohammed
al-Haqeel, a Saudi woman, after trying to rob her with the help a male
companion, the ministry said.

The statement did not say what happened to the male accomplice.

Monday's execution brings to 7 the number of people executed in the
kingdom this year. Last year at least 52 people, mostly drug smugglers,
were beheaded.

Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people
convicted of drug trafficking, murder, rape and armed robbery are
executed. Beheadings are carried out in public with a sword.

(source: Associated Press)