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RIYADH, April 12 (AFP)-A Yemeni national convicted of raping a number of young girls was decapitated by sword in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Mohammad bin Salem al-Marwani abducted the girls and took them to various desert locations. He then tied them up, beat and raped them, the ministry said. His decapitation was the 15th since the start of the year in the kingdom, according to media tallies. The conservative Gulf kingdom enforces Shari’a law and regularly uses the death penalty as a last resort on murderers, drug traffickers, rapists, armed robbers and those convicted of apostasy. It also orders the amputation of hands, or less often feet, of convicted thieves. In a report released March 28, Amnesty International accused Saudi Arabia of arbitrary arrests, torture and executions, the persecution of political opponents and religious minorities and cruel judicial punishments, including amputations. The kingdom rejected the charges made by the London-based human rights organization but said it was ready for a special reporter to visit to check on the independence of its judicial system.
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