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Woman, man beheaded

Published December 7, 2006
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RIYADH, Dec 6: A Pakistani man and woman convicted of drug smuggling were beheaded on Wednesday in Jeddah, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Rafiq Miyassid and Abajan Mohammed Rafiq were caught bringing heroin into the kingdom in their stomachs, the ministry said in a statement, according to SPA.

The beheadings bring to at least 34 the number of executions in the country this year.—AFP

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