Public hanging in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS TWO FOR RAPE AND MURDER

April 30, 2007: a Mauritanian convicted of rape and a Saudi convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
Mohammed al-Mami Baba Ould Baba, who was found guilty of breaking into three houses and raping an unspecified number of women, was executed in the Muslim holy city of Medina, according to a ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. It said that he also stole jewellery and money from his victims after threatening to kill them or their children.
Hamad bin Fahd al-Rashidi was executed in the capital after being convicted of fatally shooting stateless resident Saleh bin Aliwi Shahit after an argument, according to a second statement. (Sources: Agence Presse France, 30/04/2007)