The Saudi
Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has on Tuesday confirmed that Prince Turki bin
Saud al-Kabir was executed for shooting dead a man during a brawl three years
ago in the capital Riyadh.
The interior
ministry, in a statement issued, said the prince was found guilty three years
ago by a Saudi court for murdering a young Saudi man following a group fight in
al-Thumama region in the outskirts of Riyadh.
He was then
put to death in the capital – with no details given as to how he was executed.
The statement
said that “Turki bin Saud al-Kabir killed Saudi citizen Adel bin Suleiman bin
Abdul Karim Mohaimeed.”
The statement
added that “authorities were able to arrest the above mentioned offender. After
the investigations, they charged him of committing the crime and his indictment
was sent to the General Court. He was charged with what was attributed to him
and sentenced to death as retribution.”
During the
execution, the ministry said it would assure everyone the government was “keen
to preserve security and achieve justice”.
It also warned
“that legitimate punishment would be the fate of whoever tries to assault
innocent people and shed their blood”.
News agency
AFP gathered that the prince was the 134th person to be put to death this year.
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