Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian convicted of murdering a citizen of the kingdom

06 April 2012 :

Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian convicted of murdering a citizen of the kingdom, the interior ministry said. Nabil Al-Atwa was beheaded in the capital Riyadh after being convicted of murdering Abdullah Al-Buheiri "by hitting him on the head with a hammer after a financial disagreement" between the two, the ministry said.

(Sources: off2dr.com, 17/03/2012)

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