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Saudi Arabia has executed a member of the royal family for an alleged murder. | |
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was sentenced to death after apparently shooting dead his fellow countryman Adel al-Mahemid during a brawl. | |
The method of execution remains unknown but the majority of those who are put to death in Saudi Arabia are beheaded with a sword. | |
The prince pleaded guilty to shooting his compatriot after an argument erupted at a desert camp on the edge of Riyadh. | |
When al-Kabir realised the victim was dying he informed the police, according to Arab News. | |
The victim’s family were offered financial compensation in return for not demanding the death sentence but they refused, Al-Arabiya reported. | |
"The government... is keen to keep order, stabilise security and bring about justice through implementing the rules prescribed by Allah", the interior ministry said in a statement. | |
The House of Saud has thousands of members and are very rarely executed. | |
One of the most prominent cases was Faisal bin Musaid al Saud, who was sentenced to death for assassinating his uncle, King Faisal, in 1975. |