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executed on Wednesday a man who donned women's clothing in a bid to escape after shooting dead a soldier and police officer, state media said.
Salih bin Yateem bin Salih al-Qarni was beheaded in the southwestern city of Abha, the official Saudi Press Agency said.
Qarni was intially placed in durance vile
Please don't kill me!
on other charges and was transported in an official vehicle by the soldier and a member of the Muttawa
"He shot them with a gun that he was carrying," the SPA said, without explaining how he obtained the weapon.
After stealing the keys from the security officer driving the vehicle, Qarni chewed some narcotic qat "and disguised himself in women's clothing" in an attempt to flee, but was recaptured, it said.
Saudi women are required to cover from head to toe, often with only their eyes exposed.
The report did not say when the escape bid occurred.
Qarni is the latest of 69 Saudis and foreigners executed in the kingdom this year, despite international concern.