Saudi Arabia executes citizen for killing policeman

Mecca - A total of 151 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year.

Saudi authorities executed a citizen convicted of killing a policeman trying to arrest him for drug trafficking, the interior ministry has said.
Ayed Al Jahdali was executed in the Makkah region, the interior ministry said.
Saudi executions are usually carried out by beheading with a sword although sometimes a firing-squad is deployed.
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A total of 151 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year -- the highest recorded figure since 1995 -- Amnesty International said in a statement.
So far 71 foreign nationals have been put to death in the Kingdom in 2015, mostly migrant workers from developing countries, Amnesty said.

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