Saudi Arabia: 6th execution in 2010

February 17, 2010: Saudi Arabian man Ahmed al-Anzi was beheaded by the sword in the northern province of Al-Jawf, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

He allegedly stabbed Ahmed al-Sharari to death in a fight.

It was the sixth execution announced in 2010.

Source: Agence France Presse, Feb. 17, 2010