Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Saudi Arabia: man beheaded for murder

February 1, 2009: Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of fatally shooting a fellow citizen over a dispute.

Jamal al-Shammari was executed in the northern city of Hayel after being convicted of murdering Mitaab al-Ghaithi, the Interior Ministry says in a statement without explaining the nature of the dispute.

Source: International Herald Tribune, 01/02/2009

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