Muhammad Saad al-Beshi

Muhammad Saad al-Beshi (محمد سعد البيشي) 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, 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. 1 2 3 Mahmoud Ahmad, "Kingdom’s Leading Executioner Says: ‘I Lead a Normal Life’", Arab News, 5 June 2003.
  2. ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/US/saudi-arabias-beheading-nanny-strict-procedures/story?id=18182757 Abcnews.go.com
  3. ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/US/saudi-arabias-beheading-nanny-strict-procedures/story?id=18182757 Abcnews.go.com



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