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Saudi Arabia executes prince over alleged murder Saudi Arabia executes prince over alleged murder
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A Saudi prince was executed in Riyadh on Tuesday after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi, official media reported, in a rare example of a ruling family member subjected to the death penalty. Saudi Arabia has executed a member of the royal family for an alleged murder. 
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir had pleaded guilty to shooting Adel al-Mohaimeed after a brawl, the ministry of interior said in a statement on state news agency SPA. Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was sentenced to death after apparently shooting dead his fellow countryman Adel al-Mahemid during a brawl. 
It did not say how the prince was killed. Most people executed in the kingdom are beheaded with a sword. The method of execution remains unknown but the majority of those who are put to death in Saudi Arabia are beheaded with a sword. 
Members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family are only rarely known to have been executed. One of the most prominent cases was Faisal bin Musaid al Saud, who assassinated his uncle, King Faisal, in 1975. The prince pleaded guilty to shooting his compatriot after an argument erupted at a desert camp on the edge of Riyadh. 
The family is estimated to number several thousand. While members receive monthly stipends, and the most senior princes command great wealth and political power, only a few in the family hold nationally important government posts. When al-Kabir realised the victim was dying he informed the police, according to Arab News.
"The government.. is keen to keep order, stabilise security and bring about justice through implementing the rules prescribed by Allah...," said the ministry statement. The victim’s family were offered financial compensation in return for not demanding the death sentence but they refused, Al-Arabiya reported.
Reuters "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.