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Saudi Arabia denies report Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd is dead

12:30, Wednesday, 08 November, 2017
Saudi Arabia denies report Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd is dead

A second Saudi prince may be dead only 24 hours after Prince Mansour Bin Muqrin died. One media outlet claims to have seen a press release announcing the death of Prince Abdul Aziz, but another news source announced that he had died but later removed the report. The rumor mill is now buzzing with unverified reports that a second Saudi prince is dead and questions about how he died, if he indeed has.
     The Arabic-language Alithad News reported that Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has died, citing a press release issued by the Saudi Press Agency. The release includes a statement which Alithad says was issued by the Saudi Royal Court, although other media outlets don’t seem to have seen the press release or the Royal Court’s statement.
     The statement simply says that the Royal Court mourns the loss of Prince Abdul Aziz, but it does not give a cause of death. The 44-year-old prince was King Fahd’s youngest son.
     Author Ali Soufan, a former FBI special agent, tweeted that it’s been confirmed that Prince Abdul Aziz has indeed died, although he did not cite any sources for that information. He also said that the prince was arrested prior to his death, and the rumors suggest that he died in a gunfight.

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