Thursday, January 17, 2008

Saudi Arabia: two men beheaded

January 15, 2008: Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a foreign resident convicted of killing his mother, the Interior Ministry announced.

The ministry said Misahri al-Enizi killed his mother by stabbing her with a knife in the northern town of Arara, according to a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

The agency did not disclose al-Enizi's nationality or that of his mother.

Al-Enizi is the third person to be executed this year in the desert kingdom, according to an Associated Press count.

January 14, 2008: a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the northern city of Hail. Abdullah bin Mashari was executed for shooting dead Mansour al Kharir following an argument caused by "family differences", the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

Sources: Agence France Presse, 14/01/2008 and Ap, 15/01/2008.

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