Saudi Arabia executes prince in a rare royal death sentence

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Saudi Arabia says it has executed a prince who fatally shot another man in a melee, a rare death sentence carried out against a member of the kingdom’s extensive royal family.

The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday it had executed Prince Turki bin Saud bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabeer in Riyadh.

It did not describe how the sentence was carried out, though the Sunni-ruled kingdom often beheads the condemned in public.

A ministry statement carried on the State-run Saudi Press Agency warned "whoever dares to commit such a crime that the Shariah penalty is awaiting."

Saudi Arabia is among the world's top executioners.

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