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The convict, identified as Mutlig al-Otaibi, was beheaded on Wednesday, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.The ministry added that al-Otaibi had been found guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi because of an argument.Under the Saudi law, apostasy, armed robbery, drug trafficking, rape and murder carry the death penalty. Most Saudi executions are carried out by beheading with a sword.Riyadh has been under fire for having one of the world's highest execution rates.Amnesty International earlier said in a report that court proceedings in Saudi Arabia "fall far short" of global norms of fairness.