Authorities in Saudi Arabia have beheaded a Saudi man convicted of killing a fellow national after a dispute.
An Interior Ministry statement says Mushabeb Al-Ahmari was executed in the southern province of Asir.
He was convicted of killing a compatriot using a machine gun.
The statement did not explain the nature of the dispute.
Al-Ahmari was a minor when he was sentenced.
The statement said his execution was delayed until he came of age. It is not clear when he was sentenced.
The kingdom follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people convicted of murder, rape and armed robbery can be executed with a sword.
This is the fifth execution this year.
In 2008, 102 people were beheaded.
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