Saudi Arabia Executes Ethiopian Housemaid For Killing Child

26 September 2016 Crime News

Saudi authorities on Monday executed an Ethiopian housemaid convicted of killing the child of her employer more than 3 years ago , the Interior Ministry said. The execution was carried out after the death sentence was endorsed by the king, the ministry added in a statement. The convict confessed to having knifed to death the 6-year-old girl in June 2013 , allegedly in retaliation for her family’s ill-treatment .  Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death under SaudiArabia's sharia law.

 

SOURCE : AYMANMAT

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