Bloodthirsty Saudi Executioner Describes Love Of Beheading As He Reveals Victims' ‘Strenght Drain Away' As They Arrive The Chop Chop Square

The dad-of-seven says he got his taste for beheading while working in a prison

A SAUDI executioner has told of his love of beheading criminals, revealing how his victims' strength "drains away" as they approach Chop Chop square.

Bloodthirsty Muhammad Saad al-Beshi, now 58, one of Saudi Arabia's leading executioners, says he is "proud to do God's work" and doesn't lose sleep over his job.

Muhammad Saad al-Beshi spoke about being one of Saudi Arabia's leading executioners

Some of those beheaded by the ruthless state are feared to have been tortured into confessions (stock)

A Saudi executioner shows of his razor-sharp sword

In a rare interview with Saudi daily Arab News in 2003, al-Beshi tells of how he regularly sharpens his beheading sword and his children even help him to clean it.

He said: "Despite the fact that I hate violence against women, when it comes to God's will, I have to carry it out."

The professional killer says he's indifferent about the number of executions he carries out a day: "It doesn't matter to me: two, four, 10 - as long as I'm doing God's will, it doesn't matter how many people I execute".

Describing the brutal process, he said: "When they get to the execution square, their strength drains away. Then I read the execution order, and at a signal I cut the prisoner's head off."

Saudi Arabia beheads 37 people and crucifies one afterwards in largest mass execution for three years

Last Tuesday one prisoner was crucified and another had his head impaled on a spike during dozens of sickening executions held over one day in the ruthless kingdom.

Those killed during the beheading bloodbath had all been convicted of "terrorism offences" in the hardline desert country.

The killings were carried out in Riyadh, the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, central Qassim province and Eastern Province, home to the country's Shiite minority.

Saudi authorities later revealed one person was crucified after his execution - a punishment reserved for what are deemed very serious offences.

It also publicly placed the executed body and severed head of a convicted Sunni extremist on a spike as a warning to others.

Law-makers said the men were charged with "adopting terrorist extremist ideology, forming terrorist cells" and harming the "peace and security of society".

When they get to the execution square, their strength drains away. Then I read the execution order, and at a signal I cut the prisoner's head off

Muhammad Saad al-Beshi

The executioner said his job in Taif, where he handcuffed and blindfolded prisoners facing death, gave him a taste for the profession.

When he carried out his first execution in 1998, al-Beshi says he felt nervous because of the large audience.

But after years of practice, he said he no longer feels "stage fright".

Recalling the event, he said: "The criminal was tied and blindfolded. With one stroke of the sword I severed his head. It rolled metres away.

"There are many people who faint when they witness an execution. I don't know why they come and watch if they don't have the stomach for it.

"No one is afraid of me. I have a lot of relatives, and many friends at the mosque, and I live a normal life like everyone else. There are no drawbacks for my social life."

CHILDREN CLEAN BLOOD FROM HIS SWORD

The Saudi Arabian government is now recruiting a deadly new squad of executioners because they're beheading so many people.

The country is now tipped to kill a record number of people this year.

The Sharia law-run state has advertised for eight new executioners to handle the projected rise in brutal public beheadings.

No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main role is “executing a judgement of death” but also involves performing amputations on those convicted of lesser offences.

Al-Beshi, a dad-of-seven even gets help from his children to clean the blood from his sword after a beheading and he regularly sharpens the blade.

He said: "People are amazed how fast it can separate the head from the body."

Five of last week's beheading victims weresecret gay lovers tortured into terror confessions, it's been claimed.

One Shia man's "homosexual relationships" appeared in paperwork alleging he also confessed to hating the Saudi state, documents obtained by CNN show.

Homosexuality is punishable by death in the Gulf state which strictly adheres to Sharia law.

The backward country executes men and women for engaging in homosexual activity although it does release any official figures about how many gay people it beheads every year.

The hardline kingdom has a long and sickening tradition of public executions

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