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Report: Saudi Prince Flogged in Prison

UNRAVELING

Just weeks after another royal was executed.

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A Saudi newspaper has reported that a prince was flogged in prison Monday over an unspecified crime. According to local reports, the unnamed royal from the large Al Saud family remains in a prison in Jiddah near the Red Sea. The news comes just weeks after another Saudi prince was executed for killing a man. Kingdom officials announced Oct. 18 that Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabeer was executed in Riyadh.

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