S Arabia beheads 2 Pakistanis for armed robbery

RIYADH : Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded two Pakistani men convicted of armed robbery, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. The execution in the western city of Jeddah came after the two men admitted to having set up a gang to rob bank customers at gun-point, the report said. A total of 54 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia since the start of the year, according to an AFP report.

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