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Saudi beheads another Pakistani for drug trafficking

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker and 1 of its own citizens who killed a soldier.

Mahmoud Massih Iqbal Massih was executed in Qatif near the Gulf coast for heroin trafficking, the Saudi interior ministry said.

At the same time, Rakan bin Eid bin Bikheet al-Baqmi, a Saudi, was found guilty of chasing and firing on a security patrol, killing soldier Sultan bin Ibrahim bin Ghrahid al-Jaid.

Baqmi was executed in the Mecca region of western Saudi Arabia.

Their cases bring to 9 the number of executions this year, according to an AFP tally.

Saudi Arabia carried out the death penalty against 87 people last year, up from 78 in 2013, according to another AFP tally.

The kingdom had the 3rd-highest number of recorded executions in 2013, behind Iran and Iraq, Amnesty International said in a report.

Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery, homosexuality and drug trafficking are punishable by death under Saudi Arabia's strict version of Islamic law.

Source: Agence France-Presse, January 15, 2015

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