Saudi Arabia may stop beheading due to swordsmen shortages

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AHRAM:

Oil-rich kingdom mulls abolition of beheading in favour of firing squads for capital punishments due to reported shortages of government swordsmen, Saudi daily reports

Ahram Online , Sunday 10 Mar 2013
Saudi Arabia

Swordman prepares to behead convict in SAudi (Photo: Al-Ahram)

A joint Saudi committee composed of representatives of the ministries of interior, justice and health is mulling the replacement of beheading with firing squads for capital sentences due to shortages in government swordsmen, Saudi daily Al-Youm reported on Sunday.

The committee argued that such a step, if adopted, would not violate Islamic law, allowing heads – or emirs – of the country’s 13 local administrative regions to begin using the new method when needed.

“This solution seems practical, especially in light of shortages in official swordsmen or their belated arrival to execution yards in some incidents; the aim is to avoid interruption of the regularly-taken security arrangements,” the committee said in a statement.

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One Reply to “Saudi Arabia may stop beheading due to swordsmen shortages”

  1. I can see where this could be a problem, of course they could use the guillotine.