Saudi Arabia beheads two Iraqis for hashish smuggling
Saudi Arabia beheaded Iraqi nationals Mohammad bin Ali al-Slami and Faisal bin Karim al-Shiblawi on 19 December 2004 after convicting them of smuggling large amounts of hashish into the kingdom. The Interior Ministry said the pair's executions brought the year's total to 30.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Iraqi nationals by sword on Sunday after convicting them of smuggling drugs into the kingdom.[1]The Interior Ministry named them as Mohammad bin Ali al-Slami and Faisal bin Karim al-Shiblawi, convicted of smuggling large amounts of hashish and sentenced to death under the kingdom’s strict interpretation of Islamic law.[1]
The ministry’s statement put the number of people executed in the kingdom that year at 30, against 52 beheadings the year before, most of them for drug smuggling.[1]
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