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Pakistani smuggler and Saudi murderer beheaded

Ministry says Pakistani citizen Benyameen Ali Ahmed was convicted of smuggling drugs in his stomach

Afp March 24, 2015

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RIYADH: Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded a national for murder and a Pakistani for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said, amid a surge in executions in the kingdom this year.

Pakistani citizen Benyameen Ali Ahmed was executed in Jeddah after being convicted of smuggling drugs in his stomach, the ministry said.

Nader bin Mussa al-Harbi was found guilty of strangling compatriot Bandar bin Muhya al-Harbi over a dispute, the ministry said in a statement carried by the SPA state new agency.

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He was executed in the northern city of Hail.

The two executions bring to 51 the number of death sentences carried out in 2015, compared with 87 in all of last year, according to AFP tallies.

Read: Stringent laws: Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistani for drug smuggling

The Gulf state has carried out around 80 executions annually since 2011.

In comparison, Iran has executed more than 1,000 people since January last year, the UN special rapporteur on Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, said on Monday.

COMMENTS (6)

Asad | 9 years ago | Reply @ajeet: Indians were also beheaded, does that mean India is a slave? Stupidity at it's peak ajeet!

ajeet | 9 years ago | Reply Master does whatever he wants to slaves.

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talha | 9 years ago | Reply y u people criticize saudia for beheading pakistani. u should ask urself y pakistania try to smuggle drugs to saudia. we should not smuggle drus to any country. we should educate pakistanis that smuggling is prohibited in islam. please publish

SKChadha | 9 years ago | Reply Count the Pakistani beheaded in Saudi Arabia during last two years? Is this number is greater than Pakistani hanging of its own citizens?

Asif | 9 years ago | Reply When are we going to get a chance to behead Saudi's who fund terrorism in Pakistan. Would like to have dozens of Prince and rich lunatics executed here in Pakistan.

Tahir Khan | 9 years ago | Reply Again I am shocked our Pakistani govt raises no voice to protect it's citizens. Tit for tat do we not have any saudi's in Pakistan to execute? We could start with the Saudi embassy.

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