 A Saudi man was executed Monday for murdering a compatriot and having illicit sex with women by using sorcery to trick them, the Interior Ministry said. Zayed bin Ali bin Saleh al-Thabiti al-Maliki was executed in Taif, a city in western Saudi Arabia, bringing the number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia this year to 29. Al-Maliki was convicted of murdering and robbing Majri bin Mubarak bin Dakhil al-Aklabi and deceiving women through acts of sorcery to make them have sex with him. The Interior Ministry provided no further details. |