RIYADH ( Halbeeg News) – A prominent bodyguard to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has been shot and killed in Jeddah on Sunday.
According to Arab Media, Major General Abdulaziz al-Fagham was killed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah following a dispute.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said al-Fagham was shot and killed after visiting a friend at his house. Citing a police statement, SPA said al-Fagham had a verbal exchange there with Mamdouh bin Meshaal Al Ali, a man described as his friend, who then retrieved a firearm from outside and opened fire.
The shooter refused to surrender to police who had surrounded the site and who shot him dead, the statement said. Another Saudi, a Filipino and five members of the security forces were also wounded by gunfire, it added.
Al-Fagham was transferred to a hospital where he succumbed from his wounds.
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