Three Pakistanis beheaded in Riyadh for receiving hashish
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistani nationals in Riyadh on 1 May 2008 for receiving a large quantity of hashish. The Interior Ministry said their convictions were upheld by the cassation court and the supreme judicial council.
Three Pakistani nationals were beheaded by sword in Riyadh on Thursday 1 May 2008 after being convicted of receiving a large quantity of hashish.[1][2]The Interior Ministry named them as Rizqar Sadajan, Ruajan Sudajar and Nayk Mohammad Malik Mohammad, and said the convictions had been approved by the cassation court and the supreme judicial council.[1][2]
Their executions came six days after two compatriots, Ghul Khan Arghun Shah and Zarbadan Minajan, were beheaded in Jeddah for heroin smuggling.[1]The three beheadings brought the number of executions announced in the kingdom that year to 56, after a record 153 in 2007 and 37 in 2006, according to press tallies of official statements.[1]
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