2 Beheaded for Drug Trafficking, Rape
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MANAMA, Bahrain — A Pakistani and a Saudi were beheaded in Saudi Arabia Friday for drug trafficking and rape, Riyadh Radio said.
A Saudi Interior Ministry statement said Pakistani national Zulfikar Rasool Baksh was beheaded in Tabouk after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia.
Another ministry statement said Talal Mohammad Ali Dawsari, a Saudi, was beheaded in the eastern city of Dammam Friday for raping a boy.
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