Tragic! Helicopter Crash Kills Saudi Arabian Prince Near Yemen Border

FILE - The wreckage of a news helicopter sits on a city street after crashing in this March 18, 2014 file photo taken in Seattle. The surveillance footage taken from three security camera recordings near the crash site shows the aircraft began rotating counterclockwise during takeoff Tuesday morning and rose slightly, nearly level, from a rooftop helipad, the agency said late Friday night March 21, 2014 in a preliminary report. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Saudi sources said on Sunday that Prince Mansur bin Muqrin, deputy governor of Asir died in a helicopter crash, carrying a number of officials in the Asir region. 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.The helicopter crash also comes after Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile near Riyadh’s international airport after it was fired from Yemen in an escalation of the kingdom’s war against Iran-backed Huthi rebels.

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