Saudi Prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen

[lunasun]

A Saudi prince has been killed when a helicopter with several officials on board crashed near the kingdom’s southern border with war-torn Yemen, state television said this morning.

The news channel Al-Ekhbariya announced the death of Prince Mansour bin Moqren, the deputy governor of Asir province and son of a former crown prince.

It did not reveal the cause of the crash or the fate of the other officials aboard the aircraft.
News of the crash comes as Saudi Arabia pursues a sweeping purge of the kingdom’s upper ranks, with dozens of princes, ministers and a billionaire tycoon arrested as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cements his hold on power.

Already viewed as the de facto ruler controlling all the major levers of government, from defence to the economy, Prince Mohammed is widely seen to be stamping out traces of internal dissent before a formal transfer of power from his 81-year-old father King Salman.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Um-kay

Not too suspicious

[lunasun]

3. Nah not at all....right?

[riversedge]

2. k for visibility

[octoberlib]

4. It's being reported that he was trying to escape the country through Yemen.

He must have been on the list of those to be arrested.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Why does the movie Syriana immediately come to mind.

[mopinko]

7. yeah, my first thought as well.

[sharp_stick]

6. God Damn

those Clintons... Wrong fucking aircraft...

Sorry.