RIYADH — Saudi authorities Wednesday executed two nationals convicted of raping minors in two separate cases, in one of which the culprit killed the victim, the Interior Ministry said. Hamad Bin Meshehen Al-Rashidi was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a seven-year-old boy before throwing him into a well and killing him, the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency. Rashidi was executed in Qassim province, north of Riyadh. In the other case, Issa Bin Mohammed Al-Rashidi was condemned of kidnapping and raping a minor and attempting to kidnap another. He was executed in the northern Hail province.
