Saudis beheads three foreigners
SAUDI Arabia beheaded an Indian, an Iraqi and a Pakistani overnight after they were convicted of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said.
Rashid Akbar Hussein Eddin of India and Wassee-Allah Rafee-Allah Khan of Pakistan were found guilty of trafficking opiates, while Iraqi Ahmed al-Khazali was convicted of smuggling hashish, the ministry said according to the official SPA news agency.
Their executions bring to 23 the number announced by Saudi authorities this year, after a record 153 people were put to death last year.
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