Saudi Arabia beheads 79th convict this year in Tabuk

new Thursday 7th May 2015 

‘Saudi Arabia has beheaded a citizen convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 79 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year.
The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency that the man known as Hussein al-Omairi was beheaded on Wednesday in the northwestern region of Tabuk.
The man was reportedly found guilty of smuggling amphetamines.’
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