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Published 30 Nov, -0001 12:00am

Pakistani man and woman beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Rafiq Miyassid and Abajan Mohammed Rafiq, who appears to be his daughter, were caught bringing heroin into the kingdom in their stomachs, the ministry said in a statement on the official SPA news agency.
The beheadings, carried out with a sword, bring to at least 34 the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year. At least 83 were put to death in 2005 and 35 the year before.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2006

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