Showing posts with label Saudi Arabia executes one of its princes for murder. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Saudi Arabia executes one of its princes for murder

A Saudi prince, Prince Turkic bin Saud al-Kabir was executed in Riyadh on Tuesday after a court found him guilty of shooting dead another man, Adel al-Mohaimeed  after a brawl in a very rare example of a ruling family member being subjected to the death penalty.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement on state news agency SPA that Prince Turkic bin Saud al-Kabir, had pleaded guilty to the shooting, but did not say how the prince was killed.

The Ministry said in a statement: