#Saudi_Arabia beheads man convicted of murder
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A Saudi man convicted of shooting dead a compatriot in a dispute was beheaded by the sword on Monday, the interior ministry said. Mohammed bin Khamees al-Hantushi al-Enzi was found guilty of killing Ibrahim bin Marfu al-Enzi, the ministry said in a statement carried by the SPA state news agency. His execution in the northeastern city of Hafr al-Batin brings to 12 the number of death sentences carried out this year in the US-backed, medieval-styled kingdom. Saudi Arabia beheaded 78 people in 2013, according to an AFP count. read more