Cairo: In a unique humanitarian gesture, a Saudi man had pardoned his son’s killer prior to his execution in Tabuk, northern Saudi Arabia.
The killer was due to be executed on Monday after a final court ruling was issued against him for the murder he committed during a brawl that happened about four years ago.
But the victim’s father, identified as Awwad Sulaiman, announced the pardon before the convict was to be put to death in retribution at an execution site. The age of neither the victim or the murder was given.
Sulaiman explained his motive for the laudable pardon in media remarks.