Monday, Feb 14, 2000
SAUDIS CHOP OFF HANDS, FEET OF ROBBERS
Abdul-Khair al-Garni, a Saudi national, and the Yemenis, Mamdouh Sufiani and Hassan, were found guilty of robbing a number of taxi drivers at knife point, said the statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Last month, a Saudi national had is right hand and left foot amputated for sodomy.
Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islamic law calls for cutting off the hands and feet of sodomizers and thieves.
Murderers, rapists, drug traffickers and armed robbers are beheaded.
Executions - there were at least 99 last year - and amputations are carried out with a sword in a public square.