Alwaght- A Saudi Prince was executed on charges of murdering a young man just out of Riyadh.
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was recently executed after conviction for murdering Adel bin Suleiman in a street fight outside of the capital Riyadh, Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Authorities were able to arrest the above-mentioned offender. After the investigations, they charged him of committing the crime and his indictment was sent to the General Court. He was charged with what was attributed to him and sentenced to death as retribution," read the statement.
The sentence was carried out according to a royal decree issued following approval by Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
The Saudi prince tried to escape the death sentence by offering blood money to the victim’s family but they refused and asked for execution of the court’s decree.
Since the beginning of 2016, Saudi Arabia has executed over a 100 people, prompting Amnesty International to call for an “immediate” moratorium on the practice. Human Rights Watch has also called on the Saudi regime to abolish its “ghastly” beheadings.
