Two Saudis beheaded for rape

RIYADH, 9 May — Two Saudi men were beheaded yesterday after being convicted of abducting a woman at gunpoint and raping her in the desert, the Interior Ministry said. The woman and her husband were walking down a Riyadh street when Faleh ibn Saad Al-Qahtani and Saad ibn Malees Al-Baqmi abducted her after threatening the couple with a gun. They then put her in the trunk of their car and drove into the desert, where they raped her, the ministry said, quoted by the Saudi Press Agency. The statement assured the public that the government is determined to preserve security and apprehend criminals who attempt to destabilize the country and abuse other people.