In less than 24 hours, second Saudi prince dead?

A Saudi prince has died in a helicopter crash near the border of Yemen on Sunday afternoon.

The mystery in Saudi Arabia is deepening. Just a few hours after the death of Mansour Bin Muqrin, son of former crown prince Muqrin al-Saud, Twitter is abuzz with the reports of death of yet another Saudi prince.

The AlIthad News quoted a Saudi Royal Court release saying that the Saudi royal family mourned the death of the prince who died at 44. The reason for the death was however not specified.

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.

Death of Mansour Bin Muqrin:

• A Saudi prince has died in a helicopter crash near the border of Yemen on Sunday afternoon.
• Prince Mansour Bin Muqrin, a member of the House of Saud and son of former crown prince Prince Muqrin al-Saud, was the appointed Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
• Mansour Bin Muqrin was also the governor of Asir, a southern province in Saudi Arabia. Muqrin was traveling with several other government officials who were also killed in the crash, state TV Ekhbariya reported.
• The helicopter crash came after Saudi Arabia arrested nearly a dozen princes, and several other former and current officials in a crackdown by the government's new anti-corruption committee on Saturday night.

OneIndia News