A file photo of an execution in Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REUTERS
Saud bin Mohammed al-Shalwi was convicted of shooting dead Mohammed bin Safar al-Harithi following a dispute, the ministry said in a statement published on the official SPA news agency.
He was executed in the western city of Taif, it said.
Mass executions: Saudi Arabia executes 47 over terror charges
On Saturday, the kingdom executed 47 men convicted of "terrorism", including Al-Qaeda-linked militants and Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, whose death has prompted a diplomatic row with Iran.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday cut ties with Iran after protesters against Nimr's execution torched the kingdom's diplomatic missions in the Shia-dominated Islamic republic.
In 2015, Saudi Arabia executed 153 people convicted of various crimes, including drug trafficking, up from 87 in 2014, according to AFP tallies.
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Amnesty International says the number of executions in Saudi Arabia last year was the highest for two decades.
However, the number is way behind that of Iran and China.
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Under the kingdom's strict Islamic legal code, murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death.
Most executions in the kingdom are carried out by beheading with a sword.
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