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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Student due to join Western Michigan University beheaded in Saudi Arabia

One of the 37 men beheaded in Saudi Arabia for allegedly cooperating with terrorists was a teenager about to attend Western Michigan University when he was arrested in 2012.

Mujtaba al-Sweikat, 24, was arrested in 2012, when he was 17 and due to fly to the United States, after being accused of attending a pro-democracy rally during the Arab Spring, according to the Detriot Free Press. He had been planning to pursue an undergraduate degree in finance.

Al-Sweikat was charged by the Saudi government with "with armed disobedience against the king ... attacking, shooting and injuring security forces, civilians and passersby." He was also charged with destroying public property, disrupting the peace, and cooperating with a terrorist cell.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

No democracy in Saudi Arabia. They have kings and a gazillion princes.

Anonymous said...

Is this the world AOC and group wants us all to live in.

Anonymous said...

As Congresswoman Omar would say, "Someone did something".

Anonymous said...

Obviously a spy.