Two Egyptian nationals, convicted of murdering a Filipino driver in Saudi Arabia, were beheaded in the capital Riyadh on Wednesday, government officials said. The state-run SPA news agency reported that Wael el-Sayyid Farid al-Sayyid and Riziq Eid Ali Ragab were executed for the crime. Both were executed in Riyadh after they reportedly killed Filipino Alister Morong and stole his truck, the SPA report said. It did not say when the murder occurred. Citing information from the Interior Ministry, it said the two Egyptians “confessed” to their crime and the General Court convicted the murderers. “The sentence was endorsed by the Cassation Court and the Supreme Court; and a royal order was issued to execute the sentence,” it said. “The Ministry of Interior affirms that the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud is keen on the preservation of security, the establishment of justice and the implementation of the orders of Allah against anyone who attacks the secured people, sheds their blood, and robs their money; it warns anyone who tries to commit such actions of punishment according to the religion,” it added. International and local human rights groups have called on the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom to end the death penalty. They have reported that over 75 people in the country have been executed this year alone. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/L5mp8 Tags: Beheading, Death Penalty, Murder, Riyadh Section: Egypt, Latest News, Saudi Arabia
