Three beheaded for homosexuality

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Wed, 2002-01-02 03:00

RIYADH, 2 January — Three Saudi men convicted of sodomy and marrying each other were beheaded yesterday in the southwestern city of Abha, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Ali ibn Hatan ibn Saad, Mohammad ibn Suleiman ibn Mohammad and Mohammad ibn Khalil ibn Abdullah were found guilty of engaging in the extreme obscenity and ugly acts of homosexuality, marrying among themselves and molesting the young. The statement said the three men repeated the acts several times and assaulted people who told them to stop.

A Shariah court sentenced them to death and the judgment was confirmed by the high court and the Supreme Judiciary Council.

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