Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for 8
executioners Tuesday after beheading
nearly as many people since the start of
the year as it did in the whole of 2014,
The civil service ministry said that no
qualifications were necessary and that
applicants would be exempted from the
usual enterance exams,
It said that as well as beheadings the successful
candidates would be expected to carry out
amputations ordered by the courts under the
kingdom 's strict version of Islamic sharia law,
Most executions are carried out by beheading
,but a few are carried out by firing squad stoning
or crucifixion,
last year Saudi Arabia execute 67 people ,according
to an AFP tally ,ranking it third in the world for
use of the death penalty,
Already this year it has just 5 people to death
in what human right group Amnesty International
has described as a macabre spike"
AFP
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