RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded yet another convicted Pakistani drug mule, bringing to nine the number of executions this year, according to an AFP tally.
In Qatif near the Gulf coast, Mahmoud Massih Iqbal Massih was executed after having been convicted on charges of heroin trafficking, the ministry said.
Saudi Arabia had executed 87 people last year, up from 78 in 2013, according to an AFP tally.
Along with Massih, a Saudi citizen was also beheaded on Wednesday for murdering a soldier.
Rakan bin Eid bin Bikheet al-Baqmi, was found guilty of chasing and firing on a security patrol, killing soldier Sultan bin Ibrahim bin Ghrahid al-Jaid, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
The kingdom had the third-highest number of recorded executions in 2013, behind Iran and Iraq, Amnesty International said in a report.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are punishable by death under Saudi Arabias strict version of Islamic law.
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