Thursday, May 07, 2015

Saudi Arabia beheads 79th convict this year in Tabuk


Saudi Arabia has beheaded a citizen convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 79 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year.

The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency that the man known as Hussein al-Omairi was beheaded on Wednesday in the northwestern region of Tabuk.

The man was reportedly found guilty of smuggling amphetamines .... http://www.presstv.ir