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Saudi beheaded for murder, 35th execution this year

Riyadh: Saudi authorities on Monday beheaded a citizen convicted of murder, the interior ministry said, bringing to 35 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year.

Mohammad ben Ali al-Alawi was convicted of knifing a fellow citizen to death during a fight, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency, without giving further details.

His beheading brings to 35 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally.

In 2012, the kingdom executed 76 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Human Rights Watch put the number at 69.

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

Source: Agence France-Presse, April 22, 2013

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