Saudi Executed for Burning His Friend Alive
A Saudi citizen who was convicted of burning his friend alive was executed in Jeddah on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
A Saudi court had found Barakat bin Jibreel Al-Kinani guilty of killing Bandar bin Taha Al-Qarhadi and sentenced him to death in January, six weeks after the gruesome murder at a parking lot in Jeddah.
The heinous crime shook people across Saudi Arabia after a video of the brutal killing went viral on social media.
Al-Qarhadi, a 40-year-old flight attendant with Saudi Arabian Airlines and father of two, was burned alive in his car.
Al-Kinani chained his handcuffed friend to the steering wheel, doused him with gasoline, and set him on fire.
According to media reports at the time, Al-Qarhadi had stopped his car on the side of the road in an attempt to settle a longstanding dispute with Al-Kinani. They had a heated argument before the latter found himself chained to the steering wheel of his car.
Al-Qarhadi was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to serious burn injuries.
