A maid convicted of killing a baby has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia, despite being only 17 at the time of the crime. Rizana Nafeek was beheaded by sword in Dawadmy, near the capital Riyadh, on Wednesday morning. The execution went ahead despite years of international appeals from Miss Nafeek's family and human rights groups. Supporters of the housemaid, from Sri Lanka, say the age on her passport was changed so she could get work and that according to her birth certificate she was just 17 at the time. The Sri Lankan government said it 'deplores the execution' and human rights groups also condemned her death.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2259967/Outcry-maid-beheaded-Saudi-Arabia-killing-baby-child.html
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