April 20 2009 at 02:57PM
Riyadh - Authorities have beheaded a Saudi woman convicted of shooting her husband and setting his body on fire.
Laila Bin Hamdan al-Shammari was executed in the northern city of Hayel.
The Interior Ministry said the woman killed her husband after a dispute. It did not explain the nature of the argument.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery can be executed - usually with a sword.
According to an Associated Press count, Monday's execution was the 24th beheading this year in Saudi Arabia.
In 2008, 102 people were beheaded. - Sapa-AP
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