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Indonesian domestic worker beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Members of Migrant Care Indonesia hold banners that read, "Saudi Arabia: Criminal on Humanity" during a protest in Jakarta on November 19, 2010 (AFP Photo)

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.

Amnesty International said the sentence against Siti Zainab was carried out despite suspicions she was mentally ill.

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