The man who filmed a woman being publicly beheaded with a sword in Mecca has reportedly been arrested by Saudi Arabian police. A policeman assigned to work on preparations had secretly filmed the execution on his mobile phone, Gulf News reported. The man, who has not been named, will face unspecified charges in a military court as well as in a Sharia court. It executed 87 people last year, up from 78 in , for crimes including rape, murder and drug trafficking, according to Human Rights Watch.
Video shows beheading of four Egyptians in Sinai - Al Arabiya English
It was mid morning, and at home in my apartment the telephone rang. The caller was David, a jovial English colleague, whose Friday morning priorities invariably focused on the pursuit of the best brunch in town. I was indifferent, with a modest breakfast already behind me. There was a purposeful tone in his voice. It's on today, they sealed off the car park last night! Saudi law is unambiguous on the punishment for serious crime, with murder and drug trafficking both carrying the death penalty. Media reports regularly confirm the discharge of death sentences in various cities.
Witness to a Syrian Execution: "I Saw a Scene of Utter Cruelty"
By Gareth Davies For Mailonline. A video released by Islamic State shows fighters carrying out a mass execution by beheading Syrian rebels. Two fighters talking in the video proclaim the group will not stand for anything other than an Islamic State-run Syria, before members of the Free Syrian Army - who are filmed performing Nazi salutes, say ISIS - are brutally murdered. The final act in the minute video, seen by MailOnline, sees militants dressed in black throwing members of the Free Syrian Army to the ground in the desert.
By John Hall for MailOnline. Fresh details have emerged about last month's sickening filmed beheading of 22 Syrian soldiers by a group of international killers fighting for the Islamic State. Operational details, such as the expense of the professionally produced and edited footage, how long the film took to shoot, and exactly where it was filmed were uncovered by British and American researchers who spent weeks extracting clues from the minute long video clip. The propaganda video, titled 'Though the Unbelievers Despise It', was known to have been filmed in the religiously symbolic town of Dabiq in North West Syria, and also showed the severed head of captive American aid worker Peter Kassig, who was apparently murdered off screen. They also raise a number of questions about why non-speaking militants are seen wearing microphones, why some militants are filmed at the start of the video but not later, and bring to light new evidence suggesting ISIS' killer-in-chief 'Jihadi John' may have been played by a body double.