A Saudi prince has been executed for shooting a man dead during a mass brawl three years ago outside Riyadh.<\/p>\n
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in the capital. No details were given as to how he was executed – most condemned people are beheaded.<\/p>\n
The prince is the 134th person to be put to death this year, according to a tally compiled by the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
Prince Turki had been convicted by a General Court of murdering his compatriot, Adel bin Suleiman al-Muhaimeed, and sentenced to death, the interior ministry said.<\/p>\n
The verdict and sentence were upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, and a royal decree was issued to proceed with the execution, it added.<\/p>\n
The victim’s family refused offers of “blood money” by which they would receive financial compensation in return for not demanding the death sentence, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some Saudis praised King Salman on social media for being “decisive” while others said they were pleased to see that the “law applied to everyone”.<\/p>\n It is rare for members of the royal family, who are estimated to number several thousand, to be executed.<\/p>\n One of the most well-known cases of a Saudi royal being executed was that of Faisal bin Musaid al Saud, who assassinated his uncle, King Faisal, in 1975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"