RIYADH, May 11: Three Pakistanis and a Nigerian were beheaded on Friday after being convicted on charges of drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia.
Pakistani nationals Dheeb Ghulam Haydar and Amir Afzal Khan Qader were executed in the capital Riyadh for smuggling heroin in their stomachs, a Saudi Ministry of Interior statement said. Another Pakistani Sajjad Khan Noor Qwas was beheaded in Jeddah along with a Nigerian on similar charges, a separate ministry statement said.
With these executions the number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia in 2007 stands at 63.