Saudi Arabia executes US citizen Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef after convicting him of beating and strangling his Egyptian father to death

Saudi Arabia executes US citizen Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef after convicting him of beating and strangling his Egyptian father to death

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 19:37 BST, 16 August 2023 | Updated: 19:37 BST, 16 August 2023

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father.

The Interior Ministry identified the executed man as Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef and said he beat and then strangled his Egyptian father to death. 

It also said Naseef used narcotics, mutilated his father’s body after his slaying and attempted to kill another person before his arrest.

The statement did not identify how Naseef was executed. However, Saudi Arabia typically beheads those sentenced to death.

A lawyer for Naseef could not be immediately identified. It wasn’t known if Naseef had a home address in the United States.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen in a file photo

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is seen in a file photo. Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father

The US State Department did not immediately return a request for comment.

Saudi Arabia ranks among the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran in 2022, according to statistics from Amnesty International. 

Though executions slowed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, they’ve surged in recent years. 

In March 2022, the kingdom executed 81 people on the same day, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history.

Developing story, more to follow. 

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