Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan domestic worker
convicted of killing a baby in her care in 2005
when she was 17 has been
executed,
the Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Bureau said a short while
ago.
It was earlier reported that the Saudi Arabia’s
Interior
Ministry under Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz
has issued instructions
for Nafeek’s execution.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa also sent
an appeal
to King Abdullah on January 6, 2013,
requesting a stay of the execution until a
settlement
can be reached between the baby’s family and a Saudi reconciliation
committee.
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