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| A Saudi court has ruled that a man, convicted of raping five children, will be beheaded and crucified, a Saudi newspaper has reported. | A Saudi court has ruled that a man, convicted of raping five children, will be beheaded and crucified, a Saudi newspaper has reported. |
| The 22-year-old, who has not been named, was caught when he offered a child a lift home from school in his car, the Okaz newspaper said. | The 22-year-old, who has not been named, was caught when he offered a child a lift home from school in his car, the Okaz newspaper said. |
| One of the victims, aged three, died after being left in the desert after the abuse. | |
| The court of appeal in Riyadh approved the death sentence handed down in June. | The court of appeal in Riyadh approved the death sentence handed down in June. |
| The man's victims were aged between three and seven. | The man's victims were aged between three and seven. |
| Reports suggest he lured them into his car near their school, near the town of Hail, and took them to isolated areas to rape them. | Reports suggest he lured them into his car near their school, near the town of Hail, and took them to isolated areas to rape them. |
| Beheading is permitted for serious offences in the conservative Gulf state and more than 40 people have been executed in such a fashion this year. | Beheading is permitted for serious offences in the conservative Gulf state and more than 40 people have been executed in such a fashion this year. |
| International human rights groups have been critical of the practice, but Saudi authorities defend it as a quick and clean form of execution sanctioned by the Islamic faith. | International human rights groups have been critical of the practice, but Saudi authorities defend it as a quick and clean form of execution sanctioned by the Islamic faith. |
| Crucifixion means the body will be attached to wooden beams and displayed in public after the beheading. | Crucifixion means the body will be attached to wooden beams and displayed in public after the beheading. |