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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — An Indonesian maid who killed her employer's wife by beating her on the head with an iron pipe was beheaded Monday, the Interior Ministry said.
It said Warni Samiran Awdi was convicted of killing Fatima Ibrahim al-Firaydan after an argument.
She was executed in the eastern Saudi city of al-Ahsa.
The execution brings to at least 60 the number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia this year. At least 99 were executed last year.
About two-thirds of those executed are foreigners. Saudi Arabia is an oil-rich nation of 18 million, about 6 million of whom are foreigners, mostly laborers from the Indian subcontinent.
Punishment in Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that mandates death sentences for murder, rape, drug trafficking and armed robbery. Executions are carried out with a sword in a public square.
Human rights organizations have condemned the executions.
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from 2000. Just thought it would be good to know that the goverment of Saudi Arabia is big on beheading and always has been.