05 November 2009 :
Two Sri Lankans, one of them a woman, and an Indian were beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for theft and murder, the Saudi interior ministry said.Mohammed Barmil from India and Sri Lankan Bandar Nikar entered the home of Mariam Hussein, a Saudi woman, suffocated her and stole money and jewellery, official SPA news agency reported, quoting a ministry statement.
They had entered with the help of Hussein's Sri Lankan maid, Halima Abdelkader, the ministry said.
The judgement was delivered in June 2007.
(Sources: Press Trust of India, Afp, 05/11/2009)
