On A Day After A Royal Purge In Saudi Arabia, Saudi Prince With Government Officials Killed In Helicopter Crash Near The Yemen Border

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Daily Mail: Saudi Prince Mansour bin Muqrin is killed in a helicopter crash along southwest border near war-torn Yemen

* Prince Mansour bin Moqren was among government officials on board the chopper that crashed in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
* According to local newspaper Okaz, officials had been taking a tour of the area when the aircraft went down
* He married a daughter of Prince Saud bin Fahd Al Saud in 2013 and two years later was appointed Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque
* The prince was the son of Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - who was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia from January to April in 2015
* The crash follows a day after a ballistic missile launch that was fired at an airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi

A Saudi prince was killed when a helicopter crashed near the southern-border they share with Yemen on Sunday.

Prince Mansour bin Moqren, deputy governor of Asir province, was among several government officials on board the aircraft that crashed in the Air Region, Saudi

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