Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says authorities have beheaded a Saudi man convicted of molesting a child and leaving him in the desert to die. According to a ministry statement Sunday, Falih bin Miflih was beheaded in Unayzah town in al-Qasim province.
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, the execution brought the number of beheadings in the kingdom this year to 42. Last year, 102 people were beheaded.