Off with her head: Maid latest murderer executed in Saudi Arabia

NICOSIA [MENL] -- An Indonesian maid has become the latest convicted murderer beheaded in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Interior Ministry said Warni Samiran Awdi, the maid, was convicted of killing her employer's wife. The wife was beaten with an iron pipe.

The ministry said Ms. Awdi was executed in the eastern Saudi city of Ahsa.

Saudi authorities have executed 60 people this year. Last year, about 100 people were beheaded.

Foreigners comprise about two-thirds of those who were beheaded. Saudi Arabia has six million foreigners, a third of the population.

Human rights organizations have condemned the beheadings and said they follow unfair trials.