SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A MAN WHO SHOT DEAD A COMPATRIOT AFTER AN ARGUMENT

November 20, 2006: Saudi Arabia beheaded a citizen who shot dead a compatriot after an argument, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. Jubran bin Yahia al-Talidi was convicted of murdering Mohammed bin Jaber al-Maliki following a dispute, the statement said. He was executed in the southern town of Jizan. (Sources: The Associated Press, 20/11/2006)