Saudi Beheads Pakistani for Drug Trafficking
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded by the sword a Pakistani man convicted of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said.
Aqeel Khan Mohammed Riyad was convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin into the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
He was beheaded in the capital.
His execution brings to 15 the number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia so far this year.
In 2012, the kingdom executed 76 people, according to an Agence France Presse tally based on official figures. The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch put the number at 69.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia's strict version of sharia, or Islamic law.
21 February 2013, 01:17
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What do these barbaric savages do with the heads? A bunch of primitive apes.
21 February 2013, 07:36
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Nobody spellchecks at naharnet, but if u say something about Saudis they'll delete ur comment.
21 February 2013, 10:38
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It Clearly States in Dozens of Huge Signs in all Saudi Airports and Borders that any person caught with dealing drugs will be executed. That's a fair warning to all those thinking about doing that!
21 February 2013, 10:41
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In every Airport, Seaport, and Border in the Kingdom, there are dozens of signs with bright red, bold and capital fonts that any person caught dealing with drugs in the Kingdom will be executed! I think this is a fair warning to anyone considering dealing with drugs there.
21 February 2013, 10:41
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In every Airport, Seaport, and Border in the Kingdom, there are dozens of signs with bright red, bold and capital fonts that any person caught dealing with drugs in the Kingdom will be executed! I think this is a fair warning to anyone considering dealing with drugs there.
