MAKKAH, 4 May — A Saudi man convicted of premeditated murder of a fellow countryman was beheaded in Makkah yesterday, the Interior Ministry said. Ibrahim ibn Omar ibn Yahya Al-Barkati "fired three bullets into the head of Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Mohammad Al-Omari, killing him, after taking him to a remote area," the ministry said, quoted by Saudi Press Agency. The execution raised to eight the number of people put to death in the Kingdom for various offenses this year.