Published: August 18, 2007, 00:05
Riyadh: Two Saudis were beheaded by the sword on Friday after one was convicted of murdering a compatriot and the other was found guilty of raping a young girl, the interior ministry said.
Aaed Bin Ajab Al Qah'tani was convicted of shooting dead Moataz Shagmoom Al Shibani during a fight with a friend of the victim, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. Fahed Abdullah Al Bureidi was found guilty of "sexual assault in a repulsive manner" against an underage girl, it said in a separate statement.
