Bodyguard to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman shot in ‘dispute’: Report

Tributes poured in across social media for Major General Abdulaziz al-Fagham, with many including images of the bodyguard at work

Current Affairs :-An unmistakable protector to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shot and killed in what specialists portrayed as an individual debate, state TV announced Sunday, offering few subtleties on an episode that stunned the kingdom.

Tributes poured in crosswise over web based life for Major General Abdulaziz al-Fagham, with many including pictures of the protector at work. One included him bowing down to clearly help tie the shoes of King Salman, the 83-year-old leader of the oil-rich kingdom.

Others show al-Fagham out of sight of occasions with both King Salman and his ancestor, the late King Abdullah.

Subtleties stayed ambiguous. While authorities posted sympathies for al-Fagham, the principal authority expression of his passing arrived in a solitary tweet by Saudi state TV.

“Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz al-Fagham, protector of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was shot dead after an individual debate in Jiddah,” the tweet read.

State TV offered no different subtleties. Hours after the fact, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said the debate saw a companion of al-Fagham shoot and kill him, just as wound another Saudi and a Filipino specialist there.

A gunfight emitted as security powers reacted to the home that saw the shooter slaughtered and five individuals from the security powers injured, the news organization revealed.

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