Saudis are seeking skilled swordsmen to fill eight vacant positions as executioners, but say they are willing to train the right candidates.
Duties include chopping off hands in addition to the standard beheadings, and because business has been especially brisk this year, the government’s waiving entrance exams.
Already 84 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia in 2015, compared to a total of 87 in 2014, so one can easily see why the country is suddenly so short staffed.
Court ordered “amputations” under Islamic sharia law are also supplemented sometimes by firing squads, crucifixions and public stonings, but the Saudi kingdom is currently in desperate short supply of blade wielding executioners.
Side benefits include a free sword, of course, and sword-sharpening accoutrements, plus the possibility of stardom via online cameos, since all such death penalty events are videotaped live and then published on the Internet.
Some travel may be required -- all interested applicants should visit the Saudi civil service ministry's website where the swordsmen executioner vacancies are currently being advertised under the "religious jobs" section.
