Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded two more of its citizens and a Pakistani, continuing the strictest punishment under new King Salman.<\/p>\n
Omar bin Yahya bin Ibrahim al-Barkati was tried and convicted of incest, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.<\/p>\n
“He was executed as punishment for his crime and as a lesson to others,” the ministry said, adding that authorities carried out the sentence in southwestern Asir region.<\/p>\n
In a separate case, Yassir bin Hussein al-Hamza was executed in northwestern Jawf region after his trial and confession for smuggling amphetamine pills, the ministry said.<\/p>\n
A third convict, Latif Khan Nurzada, a Pakistani, was executed for trafficking heroin into the kingdom. He was executed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the ministry said in another statement.<\/p>\n
According to an AFP tally, their executions bring to 16 the number of Saudis and foreigners put to death this year under the kingdom’s strict version of Islamic sharia law.<\/p>\n
Four have been executed since King Salman took office last Friday after the death of his predecessor Abdullah.<\/p>\n
Under Abdullah, the number of executions jumped from 27 in 2010 to around 80 annually, with 87 last year.<\/p>\n
The oil-rich Gulf Arab state faces constant international criticism over its human rights record, including the use of the death penalty.<\/p>\n
Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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