INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Authorities in Saudi Arabia have beheaded a Saudi citizen convicted of killing a fellow national after a dispute.
An Interior Ministry statement says Jassim al-Bahrani was executed Sunday in the eastern region of Ihsaa. He was convicted for killing his Abdul-Aziz al-Fozan in an argument over money.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery can be executed. The executions take place usually with a sword.
According to an Associated Press count, the execution brings to 91 the number of people beheaded this year in the kingdom. Last year, 137 people were beheaded — an increase from 38 in 2006. [Source: IHT] AP | December 21, 2008
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