June 24, 2013: Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistani men convicted of armed robbery, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
The execution in the western city of Jeddah came after the two men admitted to having set up a gang to rob bank customers at gunpoint, the report said.
A total of 54 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia since the start of the year, according to an AFP count.
Source: Agence France-Presse, June 25, 2013
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