#UAE executes Sri Lankan man by firing squad
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A Sri Lankan man has been executed by firing squad in the UAE emirate of Sharjah for murdering an Emirati man eight years ago, media reported on Wednesday. The 26-year-old man was executed after the victim’s family refused an offer of ’blood money,’ the English-daily Gulf News said. The Sri Lankan had been convicted of deliberately running the Emirati man over with a vehicle in 2006 following a money dispute, the paper said. Gulf News said the Emirati had apparently refused to pay the Sri Lankan man for work he had done. read more