Saudi Arabia beheads citizen for murder

Friday, 18 January 2013

 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its nationals yesterday after he was convicted of murdering a fellow citizen, the interior ministry announced. Saeed Al Qahtani shot dead Khazmaa Al Qahtani, a woman apparently from his own tribe, due to a dispute between the two, the ministry said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency.

He was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern Aseer region.

AFP


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