400 lashes in Saudi
Posted by Ashbee | Date: 7 Jul | Topic: Current news
From the Khaleejh Times, 5 July:
A Saudi woman who fired on police in a shootout… was sentenced to two years in jail and 400 lashes on Saturday.
Judge Muhammad Al Feíaim of Makkah District Court issued the verdict against the woman who… resisted security men on September 22 last.
The woman registered her objection to the judge’s verdict, which necessitated the referral of her case dossier to the Court of Cassation.
Security authorities from Yanbu and Madinah surrounded the… building adjacent to a gas station about 50km from Yanbu Al Bahr… Authorities stormed the building after the wife, who used an AK-47 assault rifle, surrendered. They found that she had SR30,000, which she tried to destroy in the bathroom.
