Eight killers to be beheaded in Saudi Friday

Saudi Arabia will on Friday behead eight Asian men convicted of murdering an Egyptian man in the Gulf Kingdom, a newspaper said on Thursday.

The eight will be executed in the Justice Square near the Ruler’s palace in the capital Riyadh, Sabq daily said, quoting interior ministry sources.

“The sources said the eight will be beheaded on Friday afternoon for murdering an Egyptian,” the paper said without giving details of the crime.

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