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A man who stabbed a woman to death has been executed and crucified by Saudi Arabia authorities.
The man was beheaded and his body put on display on a cross in Mecca on Wednesday.
Elias Abulkalaam Jamaleddeen was accused of breaking into the home of a woman from Myanmar, firing a gun and then stabbing her to death.
He was also accused of stealing weapons and trying to kill another man whose home he broke into, official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing an Interior Ministry Statement.
His conviction was upheld by the courts and his execution was endorsed by King Salman.
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s top executioners. The crucifixions of Jamaldeen, in which he was beheaded and then the body put on display is rare.