Hours after the death of Mansour Bin Muqrin, son of former crown prince Muqrin al-Saud, there are unverified reports of death of yet another Saudi prince.
AlIthad News has quoted a Saudi Royal Court release saying that the Saudi royal family mourned the death of the prince who died at 44. It has not cited a reason for the death, however.
Abdul Aziz is confirmed dead. He was 44 years old. Earlier, Mansour son of the former crown prince Muqrin was also declared dead. https://t.co/IsUyU896o4
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) November 5, 2017
Prince Aziz, 44, was the youngest son of King Fahd and was reportedly arrested on Sunday.
The news of the arrest and a subsequent gunfight came from various sources and earlier reports suggested that Abdul Aziz was hospitalised. The al-Masdar news network first reported the news of his death and later removed it.
Another #Saudi Prince, Abdul Aziz, youngest son of late King Fahd, has died. That’s two #Saudi Princes in 24 hours. https://t.co/TNlf6Slzf8
— Strategic Sentinel (@StratSentinel) November 6, 2017
The rumours of death began doing the rounds after few verified accounts broke the news.
Meanwhile, other reports said that Aziz was killed in a gunfight while allegedly resisting arrest.
A report on The Duran website however did not mention a gunfight but only said ‘died during an attempted arrest’.
Earlier on Sunday, Saudi state outlets announced the death of Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, in a plane crash near the kingdom’s southern border with war-torn Yemen. The outlets said the helicopter had several officials on board, but did not reveal the cause of the crash.
Earlier the prince posted a video on Twitter of he and other men boarding a helicopter.
In April, Prince Mansour, a former consultant at the crown prince’s diwan, was appointed deputy governor of the region.
SUCH ROYAL INTRIGUES AND SUDDEN DEVELOPMENTS REMIND US OF PAST HAPPENINGS IN ARAB WORLD AND MEDIEVAL INDIA. AURANGZEB CORRECTLY SAID ” KINGSHIP KNOWS NO KINSHIP”. NO ONE WILL EVER COME TO KNOW THE ACTUAL REASONS AND SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE. THIS IS THE BANE OF MONARCHAL AND DICTATORIAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENTS.
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