केहि बेर अघि यमनको सीमा नजिक हेलिकप्टर दुर्घटना हुदा साउदी अरेबिया राजकुमारको मृत्यु

Saudi prince died in a helicopter crash near the Yemeni border Sunday afternoon, one day after the kingdom’s young crown prince ordered a shocking purge of princes and some of the country’s most influential leaders.

Prince Mansour Bin Muqrin was killed in the crash “while performing an inspection in remote parts of The Governorate,” a spokeswoman for the Saudi embassy in Washington told NBC News. The prince was traveling with a team of other government officials. Their fate remains unknown.

Hours after the fatal crash, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab nations closed Yemen’s land, sea and air ports. Saudi officials said they had intercepted a missile near Riyadh’s airport on Saturday that was fired from war-torn Yemen.

The crash happened a day after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest of 11 of his royal cousins, as well as nearly 40 of the country’s most powerful military officers, influential businessmen and government ministers – some of them potential rivals. No immediate connection was drawn between the events.

On Saturday, Prince Mohammed, 32, arrested billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s richest men, with major holdings in Western firms, as well as two of the late King Abdullah’s sons.