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| Saudi prince arrested over videos showing abuse | |
| 2017-07-21 | |
[DAWN] A Saudi prince was tossed in the calabooseBook 'im, Mahmoud! on Thursday on Saudi King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... 's order, a state-run broadcaster reported, as outrage grew on social media over videos appearing to show him abusing members of the public. Salman issued a warrant for "the immediate arrest ... and imprisonment" of Prince Saud, a descendant of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's founder, along with a group of men who appeared in the videos uploaded to YouTube, al-Ikhbariya television reported. A video circulating on social media showed police escorting the young prince -- one of the thousands of members of the royal family -- out of a house in handcuffs. The arrest came after the prince, whose face can clearly be seen in some of the videos shared via Twitter Wednesday, unleashed a wave of verbal and physical abuse on Saudis and foreigners. In a video, a man moaning and clutching his head is led out of a house with an automatic rifle pointed at his back. Another clip, viewed more than 760,000 times, also shows 18 bottles of whisky displayed on a table and a wad of cash. The sale and consumption of alcohol in Saudi Arabia is forbidden. Video clips also show a man sitting in a car, bleeding and being cursed at for parking in front of a house and, what appears to be the prince punching and slapping a man who is sitting on a chair. The prince also pummels a man cowering in a chair who waits for him to pause and insists, "Honest to God, I didn't do anything. I swear to God." The videos have sparked anger on social media, with users identifying as Saudi citizens calling for the prince to be put on trial. "No matter who you are -- prince, minister, citizen -- no one is above the law," read one tweet. The victims in the videos will be called to testify in court, according to a royal decree carried by al-Ikhbariya. Saudi Arabia has one of the world's highest rates of execution and widely imposes harsh sentences for criminal offences. In a highly unusual case, the kingdom last year executed a prince convicted of murder.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I would think, the king, his sons and his grandchildren would be in the royal line, cut off being the great-grand children whose sole support would be their parents or themselves. For quite some time the various brothers of the king passed the succession from one to the next, as I recall. Salman is, I think, the first in a while to bring his son into the immediate succession, and also the first to make sure that son has the work experience to be more or less prepared for the job at a fairly young age instead of being slotted in where his interrests and schooling met the needs of the kingdom. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-21 18:42 |
| #2 I would think, the king, his sons and his grandchildren would be in the royal line, cut off being the great-grand children whose sole support would be their parents or themselves. Exceptions is whomever becomes king at which point the royal line starts over from there. Rest of family would just have to earn their way. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-07-21 16:09 |
| #1 He lost his head. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-21 11:11 |