A high-ranking Saudi royal has become the 134th person to be executed in the Kingdom this year.
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death for killing another citizen in a mass brawl three years ago. According to Saudi-owned website Al Arabiya, the victim’s relatives refused offers of “blood money” – compensation that, under Saudi law, can save perpetrators from paying the ultimate price for their crimes.
Although no details have been released about the nature of his execution, the usual method of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia is beheading.
It’s highly unusual for Saudi royals to be executed. The most famous case took place back in 1975, when Faisal bin Musaid al Saud was executed for killing his uncle, King Faisal. On Twitter many praised the execution as demonstrating equality of justice in the Gulf Kingdom, and responses largely supported the death penalty.
لماذا يهّول الامربهذا الشكل،ولماذا يعطى اكبر من حجمه ، هذا شرع الله وهذه حدوده ، ومن يتعداها فقد ظلم نفسه. #سلمان_الحزم_يامر_بقصاص_امير
— سعد محمد المقاطي (@saadsaad1212) 19 October 2016
Why make this big? This is the Sharia of God, who ever crosses God’s hudud, he is unfair to himself.
فخور كمواطن بخبر #سلمان_الحزم_يأمر_بقصاص_أمير فبمثل هذه القرارات العادلة يسود الأمن والأمان ويتحقق العدل والمساواة وتُرد الحقوق والأمانات.
— متعب القرني (@mit3b2) 19 October 2016
As a citizen, I am proud of this news, such fair decisions shall provide peace and security, and achieve justice and equality, and people shall get their rights.
Some commentators, however, raised questions about whether punishment was equally distributed in Saudi. Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasir is currently serving a jail sentence in the Kingdom after he tortured and killed a servant working for him in London.
#سلمان_الحزم_يامر_بقصاص_امير ايش صار على الامير اللي قتل خادمه في لندن ؟!؟!؟
— me and u (@AAand44444) 19 October 2016
What about the prince who killed his servant in London?
The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced that the giving the death penalty to the prince “confirms the keenness of the government to ensure security, justice and safety for all” according to Arab News.
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