Saudi Arabia executes national for murder

RIYADH, May 17 - Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia law, executed a Saudi man on Saturday for shooting dead a fellow Saudi, the Interior Ministry said.

      The conservative Gulf Arab state executes murderers, rapists and drug   smugglers, usually by public beheading.

      The execution raised to at least nine the number of people reported to   have been put to death in the kingdom so far this year. At least 45 people   were executed last year, 75 in 2001 and 121 in 2000.