{{A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial committee is looking into formally dropping public beheadings as a method of execution in the oil-rich kingdom.}}<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where a death sentence results in beheading in a public square.<\/p>\n
The authoritative daily Al-Watan says in its Sunday edition that the ministerial committee is considering fatal shootings as an alternative.<\/p>\n
There have been calls in the kingdom for replacing public beheadings with lethal injections carried out in prisons.<\/p>\n
The kingdom executes anyone convicted of murder, armed robbery, rape and trafficking in drugs.<\/p>\n
It has executed 15 people so far this year, 76 last year and 79 in 2011.<\/p>\n
There was no official confirmation immediately available of the newspaper’s report.<\/p>\n
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