Saudi King, Crown Prince Receive al-Faghm Family Members

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman on Monday received the family members of General Abdulaziz al-Faghm, the king's bodyguard who was shot and killed during a dispute over the weekend.

King Salman offered his condolences to the family, hailing Faghm’s loyalty and dedication during his years of service to the Kingdom.

Faghm previously served as the bodyguard to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.

After his passing, he came to serve King Salman.

His shocking death over the weekend sparked an outpouring of sympathy in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Police said that the motive of the crime was a personal dispute and developed to altercation as the two insulted each others, prompting Mamdouh al-Ali to go out of the house, and then he brought a firearm and shot at Al-Fagham, wounding him and two others in the house, the brother of the house`s owner, and a Filipino worker.

Many Twitter users circulated a picture of the man who killed Saudi King Salma’s bodyguard, pointing out that he was a son of a member of the Saudi Shura Council, Dr. Meshal Al Ali, and his aunt is the Princess Mashail bint Mamdouh Al Ali, ex-wife of Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, King’s Salman’s  brother.

However, no one is sure that this information on the social media outlets is correct.

The Twitterers pointed out that Al Ali family belong to Shammar tribe, which was ruling Hail before the rule of Rashid.

The deceased was mourned on Twitter by many of his relatives, friends, celebrities, officials and thousands of citizens; the deceased`s pictures were exchanged with words of obituary and verses of lamentation, as well as calls for mercy and forgiveness.

It is noteworthy that at the beginning of 1410 AH the deceased joined King Khalid Military College and graduated from the end of 1412 and was appointed special brigade and transferred his services to the Royal Guard after merging with the special brigade.

During King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s reign, the deceased served as a bodyguard – may God have mercy on him – and then worked as a guard for King Salman bin Abdulaziz – may God protect him.