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Nigerian drug trafficker beheaded in the holy city of Mecca Fri. July 25, 2008 02:50 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker was beheaded by the sword on Wednesday in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said. The ministry said in a statement quoted by official news agency SPA, without providing further details that Shuaib Ali Mohammed, who had previous convictions for drug smuggling, was sentenced to death for trafficking cocaine. The beheading of the Nigerian brings to 66 the number of executions announced by Saudi Arabia in 2008. In 2007, a record 153 people were executed in the Arab kingdom, which applies a strict version of sharia, or Islamic law. This figure compared with 37 beheaded in 2006. Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking can all carry the death penalty in the ultra-conservative country, where executions are usually carried out in public. - Sapa-AFP News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Iraqi: Law maker killed in bomb attack ... Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 11 in Pakistan US to revise North Korea's terrorism blacklist status... Belgium: 500 kilos of cocaine found in tuna shipment<... Nigeria: Senior official not guilty over $40 million... Ethiopia: 4.6 million Ethiopian now need emergency ... Africa: AU chairman urges world not to cut aid to Af... DR Congo: Gov’t asks UN council to meet on Rwandan i... South Africa: ANC likely to split says leading dissi... Libya cuts oil supplies to Switzerland ... More News...