Sept. 11
SAUDI ARABIA----execution
Saudi beheaded for murder; The number of people executed so far this year
reaches 66
Saudi authorities beheaded on Wednesday a national after he was convicted of
murder, the interior ministry said.
Salim Bin Hassan Al Essi was found guilty of shooting dead Omar Bin Shami Al
Shardi, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
His beheading in the western city of Qunfadhah brings to 66 the number of
people executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP count.
In 2012, the conservative Muslim kingdom carried out 76 executions, according
to a tally based on official figures. Human Rights Watch has put the number at
69.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable
by death under the Gulf state's strict version of sharia, or Islamic law.
(source: Gulf News)
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