SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS MAN FOR MURDER
January 14, 2008: a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the northern city of Hail. Abdullah bin Mashari was executed for shooting dead Mansour al Kharir following an argument caused by "family differences", the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 14/01/2008)
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