Saudi beheaded for kidnapping and rape

A Saudi who had been sentenced to death for kidnapping and raping a boy, was beheaded with a sword in Mecca Wednesday of western Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry said. TheMohammed al-Tzoumpairi, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, kidnapped and then raped the victim, according to the communication ministry reported that the Saudi news agency SPA. The decapitation was raised to 46 the number of executions since the beginning of the year in Saudi Arabia. In 2011 at least 76 death row were executed in the kingdom, under review by the French Agency, and Amnesty International believes that the authorities have made ​​at least 79 executions during this period. Rape, murder, apostasy, robbery and drug trafficking punishable by capital punishment in this country comply with strict Islamic law (Sharia).