RIYADH: Saudi authorities yesterday beheaded a citizen in the western city of Madinah after he was convicted of shooting dead another man, the interior ministry said.
Sultan bin Rashid Al Mutairi had been found guilty of using a machinegun to kill Mused bin Nayer Al Mutairi after a dispute between the pair, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
His beheading brings to 34 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to a tally.
In 2012, the kingdom executed 76 people, according to a tally based on official figures. Human Rights Watch put the number at 69. Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.AFP
