Wednesday, February 20, 2008

SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY

February 19, 2008: a Saudi man, Rashed bin Rafia, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after he was found guilty of fatally shooting two men (an Indian and a Yemeni) during an armed robbery.

The Saudi Interior Ministry announced the execution in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

Source: Agence France Presse, 19/02/2008

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