21. A Syrian man was beheaded Friday for practicing witchcraft, an Interior Ministry statement said. 22. An Afghan man was beheaded Monday in Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. 23. An Indian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia Friday for smuggling heroin, the Interior Ministry said. 24. Both men were beheaded in the Saudi capital Riyadh. 25. Four Nigerian men were beheaded Sunday in Mecca for robbing a gold store, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. 26. Four Nigerian men were beheaded Sunday in Mecca, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. 27. In a separate statement, the ministry said two men were beheaded Friday in the northwestern city of Tabuk for murdering a police officer and trafficking in drugs. 28. In December, an Ibo man was beheaded by Muslim extremists. 29. In December, a Christian man was beheaded by Muslim radicals who accused him of defacing a page in the Koran. 30. In two days of cruel fighting in the area beginning Monday, at least three men were beheaded, their mutilated bodies shown in gruesome television reports. |