Saudi uses the death penalty for several offences including murder, drug-related crimes and terrorism
A Saudi national was executed in Madinah on Wednesday for stabbing a man to death, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Ahmed bin Ali bin Samer al-Mutairi was found guilty of killing another Saudi national, Khalid bin Mohammed bin Fahad al-Mutairi, by stabbing him with a knife multiple times in different parts of his body after a quarrel between them.
Security authorities arrested the accused, and following an investigation, he was charged with the crime and brought before the criminal court.
The weapon he used was also produced in court as evidence and, after he was found guilty of the charges, he was sentenced to death, the report said.
The death sentence was upheld by the appeals court and the Supreme Court, and a royal order was issued to carry out the verdict.
Ahmed bin Ali bin Samer al-Mutairi was executed in the general prison in Madinah, SPA reported.
The interior ministry asserted the keenness of the government “to maintain security and achieve justice” and punish violators of such heinous crimes.
Saudi Arabia uses the death penalty for several offences including murder, drug-related crimes and terrorism.
Earlier this week, a Pakistani national and two Egyptians were executed in the kingdom for smuggling drugs.
In November, a Saudi national was executed in the country for shooting to death another citizen, while another Saudi national was executed in October for shooting and killing a man in the region of Asir.
Source: gulfbusiness.com, January 2, 2019
One Pakistani national, two Egyptians executed in Saudi for smuggling drugs
A Pakistani national and two Egyptians have been executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs, the kingdom’s ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.
Nizar Ahmad Qall Ahmad, a Pakistani national was executed in the Makkah area of Jeddah for smuggling heroin, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Two Egyptian nationals, Ataiwi Faraj Attia Suleiman and Subhi Odeh were also executed in Tabuk for smuggling a large quantity of banned amphetamine pills, hashish and narcotic opium by sea, the SPA reported.
The ministry said that all the accused were arrested after an investigation and later convicted by the court with the sentence endorsed by the appeal and supreme courts. A royal order was issued to execute the sentences.
It reiterated that the government is keen on “combating narcotics due to their harm to individuals and the society, warning anyone who tries to commit such actions to be punished according to the Islamic Sharia law”.
The kingdom’s laws on drug smuggling are among the strictest in the world and it has carried out multiple executions of people convicted of the crime.
Three Pakistani nationals were executed in October for smuggling heroin including one in Jeddah and another in Saudi Arabia’s eastern region.
In July, two Pakistani nationals and a Lebanese national were executed in the kingdom, while a Nigerian national was executed in Madinah in June for smuggling cocaine in his intestines.
Source:
gulfbusiness.com, January 1, 2018
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