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Saudi Arabia carries out 86th execution of 2014

December 29, 2014: Saudi Arabia beheaded a man in the southern Najran region for stabbing a relative to death, the interior ministry said.

Misfir bin Nasser bin Misfir Lesloom al-Yami was found guilty of killing Hamad bin Ali bin Hamad Lesloom al-Yami following a fight, the ministry said in a statement made public by SPA state news agency.

His beheading in the southern Najran region brings to 86 the number of Saudis and foreigners in the oil-rich state. 

Source: english.al-akhbar.com, December 29, 2014

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