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Saudi prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir executed for murder
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19 OCT 2016 AT 12:15 ET
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Saudi Arabia executed 87 people in 2014, ranking it third in the world for use of the death penalty (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
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Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a member of the royal family for murder, in a rare case involving one of the thousands of members of the House of Saud.
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in the capital Riyadh for shooting dead Adel al-Mahemid, a Saudi, during a brawl, the interior ministry said in a statement.