Saudi Arabia Executions : Foreigners such as Somalis Most Killed

Jiddah : Saudi Arabia | Aug 30, 2010 at 4:25 AM PDT

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On the morning of 4 April 2005, six young Somali nationals were taken from their prison cells in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, and beheaded in public. Announcing the executions, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior stated that the six had been convicted of robberies, and that their executions were ordered in October 2004. The news of the executions shocked the men’s relatives in Somalia and Europe. Read more : http://www.medeshivalley.com/2010/08/saudi-arabia-executions-foreigners-such.html

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Scene of after Friday beheading in Jeddah ,Saudi Arabia

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Last year, there were 67 reported executions in Saudi Arabia