Second Saudi prince dead in 24 hours?

[HAB911]

Trump admires these people

Twitter is abuzz with the reports of death of yet another Saudi prince. Prince Abdul Aziz, 44, was the youngest son of King Fahd.

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 ArabicAlIthad News later quoted a Saudi Royal Court release saying that the Saudi royal family mourned the death of the prince who died at 44. It however did not cite a reason for the death.

Prince Aziz (44) was the youngest son of King Fahd and was reportedly arrested on Sunday.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saudi-prince-killed-helicopter-crash-twitter-saudi-arabia/1/1083443.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Perhaps

his head fell off for no reason that anyone can explain.

[Not Ruth]

2. Tried to arrest him, he started shooting

Sound anything like when cops pull over black men in the US?

Very, very suspicious.

Probably going to hear that the other prince tried to get away in a helicopter and was shot down.

Saudi police are like that.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9807106

[dhol82]

3. Interesting. Back in the Ottoman Empire when the Sultan died

The strongest son would kill all the other sons to win the title of Sultan.
Maybe the Saudi royal family is emulating that tradition?

[FarCenter]

6. The problem is that the King's generation didn't do that

So now the Crown Prince has a few thousand brothers and cousins to kill off.

[dhol82]

7. Well, hes gotten a start.

[jberryhill]

4. I heard he had gotten better, but I guess he relapsed...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5058061/Saudi-prince-killed-firefight-resisting-arrest.html

Saudi prince 'is killed in firefight while resisting arrest as part of kingdom's anti-corruption purge' 24 hours after another prince died in helicopter crash

[Princess Turandot]

5. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman...

the 32 year old son of the current king, is believed to be asserting himself, so to speak. Before the recent arrests of several princes happened, he'd already had 70-80 individuals arrested in August and September, including a bunch of hard-line clerics.

There's a significant transition going on there. Mohammad is going to be the first king of 'modern' Saudi Arabia who is not a son of Ibn Saud, who established the kingdom. Saud died 65 years ago, but he had dozens of sons across several decades. The king at any one time traditionally consults with the remaining 'brother' posse when making major decisions.

The crown prince apparently has a different approach in mind.