Sette
uomini sauditi, riconosciuti colpevoli di aver violentato in
gruppo una donna, sono stati decapitati oggi sulla pubblica piazza
in una zona nei pressi della Mecca, nella parte occidentale del
regno saudita. Lo hareso noto l'agenzia saudita 'Spa' citando
un comunicato diffuso dal ministero degli interni di Riad. Le
esecuzioni odierne portano ad almeno 38, secondo fonti ufficiali,
il numero delle persone giustiziate quest'anno in Arabia Saudita,
mentre l'anno scorso, secondo fonti non ufficiali, sono state
almeno 121. In Arabia Saudita, un tradizionale regno islamico,
vige la legge coranica (Sharia) che per reati particolarmente
gravi o efferati come il traffico di stupefacenti, l'omicidio e la
violenza sessuale prevede la pena capitale, in genere per
decapitazione, effettuata per o piu' al termine della tradizionale
preghiera del venerdi'. Per l'adulterio o i rapporti sessuali
extraconiugali viene invece inflitta la pena di morte tramite
lapidazione mentre e' prevista la flagellazione in pubblico per
coloro che vengono sorpresi a consumare bevande alcoliche.
Seven
Saudis Beheaded
RIYADH,
Saudi Arabia - Seven Saudi men were beheaded Friday for gang
raping a man, while two drug dealers were executed for killing a
police officer, the Interior Ministry said. The seven were found
guilty of drinking alcohol, then luring a victim to a secluded
place where they ``violated him one after the other (while)
threatening him with a knife.'' The seven took pictures of the
victim in obscene positions, the ministry said in a statement
carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The statement did not
give the victim's age or further details of when or where the
assault took place. The men were executed in the Red Sea city of
al-Kunfudhah. In a separate statement, the ministry said two men
were beheaded Friday in the northwestern city of Tabuk for
murdering a police officer and trafficking in drugs. The ministry
said the men, who used and sold drugs, killed one officer and
injured three others during a shootout at the time of their arrest.
They escaped, but were captured later. The statement provided no
further details of the crime. The executions Friday bring to 41
the number of people executed this year. Last year 125 people were
beheaded. Executions are carried out in public with a sword. Saudi
Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam that prescribes
the death penalty for murder, rape, drug trafficking and armed
robbery
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