Saudi beheading takes total to 68
23/11/2005 - 11:53:18A Saudi was beheaded today after he was convicted of fatally stabbing another man after an argument.
Yousef bin Shahaz al-Mutairi had been found guilty of murdering Sami bin Turki al-Subaei with a knife, an Interior Ministry statement said.
He was executed in the eastern province of Hafer al-Baten.
So far this year, at least 68 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia.
Last year, 35 people were executed in the kingdom and 52 in 2003.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery can be executed.
