Tuesday, June 10, 2008

SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER

June 8, 2008: Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said it beheaded a man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen after a dispute. A ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency says Khalid Assouni was executed in Jiddah for stabbing Abdou al-Duweiri to death. The statement did not explain the nature of the dispute.

Sources: International Herald Tribune, 08/06/2008

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