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August 18th, 2015 - 07:51 GMT

Saudi beheads four foreign nationals

An Egyptian man and three Sri Lankan nationals were beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's interior ministry announced Monday.

Al Bawaba

June 9th, 2015 - 01:47 GMT

Three beheaded in Saudi, yearly total rises to 97

Amnesty International called the kingdom's use of the death penalty "unprecedented". (AFP/File)

May 29th, 2015 - 07:00 GMT

Saudi beheads Pakistani national for drug trafficking

Seven men convicted of armed robbery were executed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, despite last-minute appeals by rights groups that their lives be spared, the interior ministry and a witness said.

March 13th, 2013 - 11:43 GMT

Saudi executes seven for armed robbery