Saudi Prince executed for murder :: Had shot a friend during dispute in 2012

10/21/2016 | 12:52 0 Posted in Drugs, Miscs, The World

Prince executed for 2012 shooting

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The Kingdom of Saudi is known for its harsh and strict observance of the rule of law which involves very severe punishments as per the Islamic laws for various crimes.
In observance of their commitment to the rule of law, the Saudi Arabian media announced that, on Tuesday, did not spare even one of the members of its own royal family.

It was clarified that the reason for this capital punishment was that the royal family member had committed a murder. It is considered to be a very rare event that the executed member belonged to the royal family.

The royal family, also referred to as the house of Saud is very large in numbers comprising thousands of members.
The Interior Ministry had issued a press statement in this regard since it was quite an important matter; the communiqué stated that Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir had been executed at Riyadh on Tuesday.
The statement issued by the Interior Ministry mentioned that the Prince had picked up a brawl with Adel al-Mahemid, another Saudi Arabian citizen, and in the altercation that ensued, he had shot Adel al-Mahemid dead.
He was tried and found guilty of the crime and had been sentenced to execution by the appropriate court.
With the execution of Prince Kabir, the total number of executions carried out by the Saudi government during this year had gone up to 134; the AFP on the basis of execution reports issued by the Ministry collected this tally.
The figure includes both people of Saudi origin as well as foreigners.
A report regarding this incident had appeared in a The Arab News but the finer details had been kept confidential. It was only reported in the news report issued two years ago that an unnamed Prince had committed the murder of his friend and had killed him. The prince was sentenced to death by a Riyadh court according to the news report.
The incident occurred at a camp on the outskirts of Riyadh in December 2012, where a quarrel between the two erupted and developed into a gunfight in which another person was also reported to have sustained injuries while Mahemid succumbed to gunshot wounds.
While the AFP tally was set at 134, the Amnesty International notched the tally at 158; only Iran and Pakistan had conducted more executions than Saudi Arabia according to Amnesty. The figures for China are not available even with Amnesty International.
The death of the victim is said to have taken place at s desert camp which attract a sizeable number of Saudis and, some reports say that the Prince was not even aware of the identity of the victim.

It was only when he came to know that the victim was a fried, did the prince report the matter to the police. The Arab News that carried the report also stated that the uncle of the deceased was satisfied that the justice system of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom had shown its impartiality by sentencing the culprit even though he had been a Prince.

It is a common practice in Saudi Arabia to carry out executions with a sword.

Due to the observance of the Islamic legal code which is very strict and severe in awarding punishments for such crimes as:
• Drug trafficking ,
• Murder,
• Apostasy,
• Rape and
• Robbery.

The punishment for all the above is death.

This list is not exhaustive and there are various strict penalties for adultery, thefts and other crimes. It has also been stated that the vast majority of cases that are pertaining to executions belong to murderers and drug peddlers.

Sources report that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had in January executed about 47 terrorists on a single day.
Amnesty’s figures do not include China.

A lot of questions are raised at different forums regarding the validity of the trials and whether the processes of fairness are followed adequately; however, the authorities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia aver that the practice of execution is the only deterrent that is really effective.

Hence, the opinions of the human rights watchdogs are not taken into consideration and the executions continue unabated.

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Friday, 21 October 2016
Written for: Lars-Magnus Carlsson www.thephilippinepride.com