Saudi Arabia: Man beheaded for killing own grandmother

October 10, 2011: A Saudi man convicted of murdering his own grandmother was beheaded in Medina in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the state news agency SPA.

Bandar al-Louhaibi broke into his grandmother's home with intent to steal, but when she tried to stop him he stabbed her repeatedly, the statement said.

This execution brings the total number of beheadings in the ultra-conservative kingdom this year to at least 58.

Source: Agence France-Presse, October 11, 2011

Saudi Arabia: 10 beheaded in one day

October 7, 2011: Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals and two Saudis for murder, the state news agency reported.

Bangladeshi nationals Mamoun Abdulmenan, Farouk Jamal, Suman Meah, Mohammed Suman, Shafiq al-Islam, Masoud Shamsulhaq, Abu Hussein Ahmed and Muteer al-Rahman were executed in the capital Riyadh for their part in an armed robbery in which a security guard was killed.

The men were convicted of robbing a warehouse and killing the security guard, Hussein Saeed Mohammed Abdulkhaleq, an Egyptian national.

Meanwhile, two Saudis, convicted killers on death row, were executed in Tabuk.

Farhan bin Awad Al-Atwi, was convicted for stabbing to death two Saudi brothers Hamoud bin Eid Al-Atwi and Saud bin Eid Al-Atwi, following a dispute.

Ahmad bin Awdah Al-Atwi was convicted of shooting to death Muhammad Tahir Khan, an Afghan national, during a dispute, the Saudi Press Agency reported. 

Sources: Arab News, October 7, 2011; Reuters, October 8, 2011