Muhammad Saad al-Beshi
Muhammad Saad al-Beshi (لبيشي محمد سعد) has been an executioner for the government of Saudi Arabia since 1998. He has been described as "Saudi Arabia's leading executioner".[1] Beshi claims to have executed ten people in one day.[2]
Al-Beshi performs executions by decapitation, using a sword (sulthan), and occasionally uses a firearm. Al-Beshi also performs amputations of limbs when required under Saudi Arabia's sharia law.[1]
Beshi is married and is the father of seven children.[1] He has been known to allow his children to help clean his sword.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mahmoud Ahmad, "Kingdom’s Leading Executioner Says: ‘I Lead a Normal Life’", Arab News, 5 June 2003.
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/US/saudi-arabias-beheading-nanny-strict-procedures/story?id=18182757 Abcnews.go.com
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/US/saudi-arabias-beheading-nanny-strict-procedures/story?id=18182757 Abcnews.go.com