The Saudi crown prince, Muhammed Bin Salam, known also as MBS, has been absent on the public stage since the shooting incident near the royal palace at Riyadh on the 21st of April. This has raised several speculations over his fate.
His latest public appearance was in April 12, during a visit to Spain. However, rumors that he might got injured during the royal palace shooting were unstoppable.
The media in Iran, which is Saudi Arabia’s bitter rival, was the first to circulate rumors over MBS death, when Keyhan newspaper, reported that MBS had disappeared for three weeks, raising questions over his death. In the report, the newspaper claimed it obtained a copy of a report by an Arab intelligence apparatus that MBS could have been shot by two bullets and it raises the possibility that he is dead.
A few days later, the UK-based newspaper, The Observer, had reported speculating Bin Salman’s death or injury in the royal palace shooting incident, although the Saudi government announced it was a security forces shooting down a toy drone that came close to the palace.
However, no Saudi officials took to the media to debunk the rumors.
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