Close X
Saturday, September 21, 2024
ADVT 
International

Five Beheaded In Saudi Arabia For Indian's Murder

Darpan News Desk IANS, 04 May, 2015 12:13 PM
    Five people were beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing an Indian during an armed robbery, the interior ministry announced on Monday.
     
    The convicts - two from Yemen and one each from Chad, Eritrea and Sudan - were executed in the western coastal city of Jeddah, the ministry said.
     
    No further details of the case were provided, other than that the armed robbery took place in a store.
     
    The kingdom executed 87 people in 2014, according to rights group Amnesty International. Over 70 people have already been put to death this year.
     
    Murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable with death.
     
    Saudi Arabia is among the five countries that execute most people in the world, according to Amnesty's 2014 global report.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Sony threatens to sue Twitter over tweets

    Sony threatens to sue Twitter over tweets
    Still recuperating from the embarrassing disclosure of several emails stolen in a hacking attack by a group called Guardians of Peace, Sony has reportedly...

    Sony threatens to sue Twitter over tweets

    Iraq continues to mop up IS

    Iraq continues to mop up IS
    Iraqi Kurdish forces who recently liberated Sinjar from the Islamic State (IS) militants, continued its mop-up operations against radical militant group in the flashpoint northwestern Iraqi town....

    Iraq continues to mop up IS

    Pay for Sony hacking losses: US to North Korea

    Pay for Sony hacking losses: US to North Korea
    The US, which had blamed North Korea for a cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, Monday demanded that the communist country should...

    Pay for Sony hacking losses: US to North Korea

    Indian maid denied salary in Saudi Arabia

    Indian maid denied salary in Saudi Arabia
    An Indian housemaid who has not been paid for six years by her employer in Saudi Arabia is still awaiting her salary in arrears and a final exit home...

    Indian maid denied salary in Saudi Arabia

    1,159 educational institutions soft targets in Islamabad

    1,159 educational institutions soft targets in Islamabad
    Law enforcement agencies have identified 1,159 educational institutes in the Pakistani capital as soft targets for terrorists, the media reported Tuesday....

    1,159 educational institutions soft targets in Islamabad

    Sony hacking: Cyber vandalism or cyber terrorism?

    Sony hacking: Cyber vandalism or cyber terrorism?
    As South Asia was watching the terrible tragedy at Peshawar unfold another drama was coming to head in Hollywood. At the eye of the storm was ‘The Interview’...

    Sony hacking: Cyber vandalism or cyber terrorism?