Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Rare footage shows public beheadings in Saudi Arabia

Rare footage emerged on Saturday of authorities in Saudi Arabia publicly beheading three men.

A 50-second video was uploaded to YouTube by Germany-based Saudi activist Ali Dubaisy, who told Middle East Eye he had obtained it from sources inside the kingdom.

Dubaisy said a tourist in the Red Sea city of Jeddah filmed the footage on a mobile phone, adding that it is rare to obtain such footage as it is illegal to film executions.

A man was arrested in January after filming the public beheading of a woman in Mecca.

Dubaisy said he is not aware when the execution of the three men took place but he said it was “recently”. The men's identity and the reason for their execution is not known.

The video begins with the three men shown blindfolded and kneeling on the side of a public street .... http://www.middleeasteye.net