Saudi beheaded for raping boy

QATIF, 7 July  — A Saudi was beheaded yesterday for abducting and raping a boy after getting drunk, the Interior Ministry announced. It said Khaled ibn Nasser Al-Khaledi was executed in Qatif in the Eastern Province. The man, who had been drinking in violation of Islamic law before kidnapping the boy, was a repeat offender, the ministry said in a statement. (SPA)