Praise be to Allah…..
Riyadh – A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker was beheaded by the sword on Wednesday in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
Shuaib Ali Mohammed, who had previous convictions for drug smuggling, was sentenced to death for trafficking cocaine, the ministry said in a statement quoted by official news agency SPA, without providing further details.
The beheading brings to 66 the number of executions announced by Saudi Arabia in 2008.
