DUBAI Saudi Arabia on Sunday executed a Saudi man convicted of selling hashish for drugs smugglers, raising to at least 89 the number of people executed in the kindgom this year. The Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency that the man was put to death in the town of Hafar Al-Batin, in the northeast.
At least 99 people were executed in Saudi Arabia last year, including many foreigners.
(Reuter)