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Pakistani man, woman beheaded in Saudi Arabia
 A Pakistani man and woman convicted of drug smuggling were beheaded on Wednesday in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, the Interior Ministry said. Mohammed Rafiq Miyassid and Abajan Mohammed Rafiq, who appears to be his daughter, were caught bringing heroin into the kingdom in their stomachs, the ministry said in a statement on the official SPA news agency.The beheadings, carried out with a sword, bring to at least 34 the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year. At least 83 were put to death in 2005 and 35 the year before. Executions are generally carried out in public in the oil-rich kingdom, which applies a strict form of Islamic law. The death penalty is applied for murder, rape, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking. Posted by: Fred 2006-12-07 |
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