Al-Qaeda duo executed for killing Frenchman
Two Chadian murder convicts Isa Saleh Hassan Barqaj and Isaac Isa Ahmed Shaqila were executed in Jeddah on Thursday for killing a French engineer 11 years ago, the Interior Ministry said, reports Arab News.
The report indicated the duo belonged to a terrorist cell that had ties with Al-Qaeda.
The cell, as reported subscribed to ideology that violated the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah.
The duo monitored and followed Laurent Barbot, a technical assistant for French electronics group Thales, and killed with a machine gun on Sept. 26, 2004, said the SPA.
They were also convicted of plotting to assassinate foreign officials in the Kingdom, as well as tracking and opening fire on a vehicle belonging to one consulate, the statement said.
The ministry said despite their precautions, security services arrested the militants.
Meanwhile, sources told Arab News that the two were members of the 11-member cell and that they all were arrested in the Makkah region.
Meanwhile, two Pakistani were executed in Riyadh on Thursday for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom.
They were arrested while trying to smuggle a large amount of heroin hidden in their stomach, said the Interior Ministry.