Saudi Man Beheaded

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  New Saudi Execution Takes Year's Tally to 45

  A man convicted of murder was beheaded in the Saudi capital today, amid a steep rise in the number of executions in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom this year.

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  First Beheading Under New Saudi King Stirs Attention

  Saudi Arabia on Monday executed a man convicted of raping several girls in a case that has captured the kingdom's attention and marks the first beheading carried out under the newly enthroned King Salman.

• Saudi Arabia Beheads 83 People in 2014, The Most in Years

  Saudi Arabia's official news agency said that the authorities have beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling "large quantities" of heroin, bringing the number of publicly announced executions to its highest level in at least five years.

• Saudi Man Beheaded for Torturing His Toddler to Death

  A Saudi man was beheaded on Tuesday for torturing and beating his two-year-old boy to death, the interior ministry said.

• Saudi authorities behead Pakistani drug trafficker

  Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man on Sunday after he was convicted of smuggling drugs into the ultra-conservative Gulf state, the interior ministry said.

• Saudi beheads Pakistani for drug trafficking

  Saudi authorities beheaded on Tuesday a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs to the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.

• Man beheaded for torturing wife to death in Saudi Arabia: reports

  Saudi Arabia today beheaded a man convicted of torturing his wife to death, in the first execution since the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, state media said.

• Saudi Arabia authorities beheads Syrian for drug smuggling

  Saudi authorities beheaded on Tuesday a Syrian man convicted of trying to smuggle narcotics into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.

• Saudi man who killed with car executed by sword

  Saudi Arabia beheaded by sword one of its citizens today after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said.

• Saudi man beheaded for murder, 35th execution this year

  Saudi authorities today beheaded a citizen convicted of murder, the interior ministry said, bringing to 35 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year.

• Saudi executes Pakistani man for rape, murder

  Saudi authorities executed on Friday a Pakistani man convicted of rape and murder, in the northwestern town of Tabuk, the interior ministry said.

• Saudi man convicted of murder beheaded

  A Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword on Saturday in the capital, the interior ministry said in a statement.

• Saudi beheads Jordanian over drug trafficking

  Saudi Arabia on Sunday beheaded a Jordanian man convicted of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said.

• Philippine man needs one million dollars to escape Saudi beheading

  A Philippine worker condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for murder has won a four-month reprieve to raise four million riyals ($1.066 million) and avoid execution by beheading, officials said on Wednesday.

• Saudi man beheaded for sexual assault

  A Saudi man was beheaded today in Tabuk in the ultra-conservative kingdom's north after being convicted of sexually assaulting another man's wife, a statement from the interior ministry said.