News coming out from Saudi Arabia in the last few
days has been disturbing
- The latest is the crash of a helicopter carrying a
Saudi prince and other senior government officials
- The country has been rocked with allegations of
financial misappropriation by some other officials
A Saudi Arabia prince was killed when the
helicopter he was riding in with other senior
government officials crashed in the southern
region of the country near the Yemen border on
Sunday, November 5.
Saudi news channel Al-Ekhbariya announced the
death of Prince Mansour bin Moqren, the deputy
governor of Asir province. He and the other
officials were reportedly taking a helicopter tour
of development projects near the coast when the
incident happened.
He was a son of Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
who briefly was Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
from January to April 2015. The cause of the
crash has not yet been revealed.
The prince and other officials where on a tour of development
projects when the incident occurred. Photo credit:
alarabiya.net
The incident comes a day after Saudi Arabia
intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen
near its capital, Riyadh.
It also occurred a day after 11 princes, dozens of
current and former ministers, were arrested in
Saudi Arabia on Saturday, November 4, a night
after the formation of an anti-corruption
committee by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-
Saud.
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