Riyadh - A Saudi court has ratified the beheading and
crucifixion of a young man who raped five children, among them a
three-year-old boy left to die in the desert, a newspaper reported
on Monday.
An appeal court in Riyadh approved the death sentence handed
down in June by a lower court in Hail, where the convicted
22-year-old man carried out his crimes, Okaz newspaper said.
The man was arrested several weeks ago, the paper said, as he
tried to seize another youth after offering him a ride home from
school.
Saudi Arabia has executed 56 people this year under laws that
allow the death penalty for rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery
and drug trafficking. In extreme cases, the convict is executed and
his body crucified in public.
AFP |