SAUDI ARABIA: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER BEHEADED BY SWORD

Saudi police in Riyadh

09 April 2013 :

A Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the capital, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Saud bin Diri al-Anezi was found guilty of stabbing Yassef bin Eid al-Anezi to death in an argument, the statement said.
His execution takes to 30 the number of people put to death in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP count.
 

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