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.