Filipino executed

RIYADH – A Filipino, convicted of murdering a Sudanese national, was executed here on Tuesday. Joselito Lidasan Zapanta was found guilty of killing Saleh Imam Ibrahim with a hammer and stealing his money following a financial dispute between them, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency. Zapanta was executed after his family and the Philippine government managed to raise only 23 million pesos ($488,000), said Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose in Manila. The victim’s family refused to sign an affidavit of forgiveness that would have spared Zapanta the death penalty unless it was paid 48 million pesos ($1 million), setting a two-week deadline earlier this month for payment, Jose said.