Jasbird
2003-09-15 08:06:24 UTC
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3145995,00.html>
Saudi Arabia Beheads Marijuana Smuggler
Sunday September 14, 2003 2:19 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi drug trafficker was beheaded
Sunday, a Ministry of Interior statement said.
Dhaher bin Thamer al-Shimry was convicted of smuggling marijuana into
the kingdom, the statement said.
Al-Shimry was beheaded in the eastern province of Hafr al-Baten,
bringing the number of beheadings in the kingdom this year to 41, most
of them drug traffickers. At least 49 people were beheaded last year.
This conservative country follows a strict interpretation of Islam
under which people convicted of drug trafficking, murder, rape and
armed robbery are executed. Beheadings are carried out with a sword in
public.
Saudi Arabia Beheads Marijuana Smuggler
Sunday September 14, 2003 2:19 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi drug trafficker was beheaded
Sunday, a Ministry of Interior statement said.
Dhaher bin Thamer al-Shimry was convicted of smuggling marijuana into
the kingdom, the statement said.
Al-Shimry was beheaded in the eastern province of Hafr al-Baten,
bringing the number of beheadings in the kingdom this year to 41, most
of them drug traffickers. At least 49 people were beheaded last year.
This conservative country follows a strict interpretation of Islam
under which people convicted of drug trafficking, murder, rape and
armed robbery are executed. Beheadings are carried out with a sword in
public.