Pakistani Murderer of Indonesian Couple Executed by Saudi Arabia
A Pakistani convicted of murdering an Indonesian couple was executed in Riyadh this week. According to the interior ministry, Amal Jan Hajji had been found guilty of killing Bambang Sukyato and his wife Suryati Widyastuti, when he managed to break into their home and beat them with a metal object, without giving a motive for the killing.
Murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death under the kingdom’s strict Islamic legal code.
