Beheading in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER OF EX-WIFE

January 30, 2009: a Saudi Arabian man convicted of murdering his ex-wife was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh. Omar Dussari allegedly stabbed to death his ex-wife Munira while she was at work at an out-patient clinic for women run by the Health Ministry, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. The investigation also revealed that he had a previous police record for drug trafficking, violence and conspiracy to murder. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 31/01/2009)