SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE

Saudi Arabia executed four Pakistanis convicted of murder and rape, the Saudi interior ministry announced in a statement released by the official SPA news agency. Shah Mohammed, Mazhar Fathel Ilahi, Ijaz Ali and Mohammed Khan were beheaded by sword in the western city of Medina. The group broke into the home of a Saudi national and assaulted him, the assault causing his death. A member of the group then raped his wife and stole money and jewellery.