A Sri Lankan man has been executed in UAE for murdering an Emirati resident, a media report said.

The execution has been carried out today after 19-year old Ravindra Krishna Pillai was convicted of premeditated murder.

According to reports, he has been found guilty of running over the Emirati in an SUV during an argument between the 2.

The report say it is believed that the execution has been carried out using a firing squad.

Relatives of the murdered Emirati has refused to accept blood money from Krishnan and has insisted the authorities to impose the death penalty.

Krishan has been working in the UAE as a electrician.

Source: news360.lk, January 22, 2014