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3 Pakistanis beheaded in Saudi Arabia
 Three Pakistani men were beheaded on Friday in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry said. Elias Ahmed Bashir was convicted of trying to smuggle an undisclosed quantity of heroin into the kingdom, and Dawai Khan Azeem and Mohammed Zaher Khan were found guilty of receiving the drugs, the ministry said in a statement reported by the Saudi Press Agency. They were beheaded in the western city of Jeddah. Their executions bring to 28 the number of people beheaded in the kingdom this year. Last year, at least 52 people, mostly drug smugglers, were beheaded.Posted by: Fred 2004-12-18 |
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