Saudi arabia execution: Man beheaded for killing Pakistani

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni on Thursday after convicting him of killing a Pakistani in a robbery, the interior ministry said. Abdul Razaq al Sayed was put to the sword in the southwestern city of Abha for stabbing Shaudri Nawaz, said a ministry statement. Another 14 Yemenis were sentenced to jail terms and the lash after being found guilty of taking part in the assault on Nawaz and a second Pakistani, the statement added. Human rights group Amnesty International said in a statement on September 20 that Saudi Arabia had carried out at least 44 executions since January. Sayed’s execution brings the total to at least 46.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th,  2011.