Last Minute Pardon Halts Executioner's Sword

　　A Yemeni man escaped execution by the sword in Saudi Arabia when his victim's father stood up at the last minute and forgave him, a Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday.

　　A crowd gathered in the Saudi capital Riyadh to watch the execution of 20-year-old Jahwi Hussein Qasim Abubakr, convicted of killing Saud ibn Daghaileeb Al-Markouzi Al-Buqami.

　　As the executioner raised his sword, Saud's father stood up suddenly and declared:“I have pardoned him, seeking the pleasure of Allah.”

　　Saudi Arabia implements strict Islamic sharia law, executing murderers, rapists and drug smugglers, usually by public beheading. In murder cases, the victim's family can spare convicts the death penalty.

　　沙特阿拉伯报章周三报道说，一个因杀人罪被沙特法庭判处剑劈死刑的也门男子在最后一刻逃出生天，原因是受害者的父亲在行刑前站出来表示原谅他的罪行。

　　据报道说，大批市民聚集在沙特首都利雅得街头观看20岁的也门人阿布巴克尔的死刑。当行刑者举起剑正要劈向阿布巴克尔时，受害者的父亲突然站起来宣布：“为了让真主安拉感到高兴，我原谅他。”

　　沙特阿拉伯严格遵行伊斯兰教法律，谋杀、强奸和贩毒都会被判死刑。在谋杀案判决中，死者家属有权赦免罪犯的死罪。

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