Saudi executes Iraqi man for murder

Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed an Iraqi man convicted of murder, the interior ministry said. Wissam al-Mahssanawi was found guilty of shooting dead Emirati national Mohammed al-Amiri and stealing his car, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. He wa

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Published 11 February 2016, 8:00 · Updated 18:22

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Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed an Iraqi man convicted of murder, the interior ministry said.

Wissam al-Mahssanawi was found guilty of shooting dead Emirati national Mohammed al-Amiri and stealing his car, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.

He was executed in the northeastern city of Hafr al-Baten.

The kingdom practices a strict Islamic legal code under which murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death.

Caption : Saudi's Interior Ministry

Saudi executes Iraqi man for murder

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