Saudi Arabia has executed a member of its royal family for the first time in four decades. The prince was sentenced to death after being convicted of shooting and killing another man in a fight, the country’s Interior Ministry announced.

Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in Riyadh for killing Adel al-Mahemid during a brawl, according to an Interior Ministry statement published by the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday.

Announcing the execution, the ministry said it would serve to assure the people that Riyadh is “keen to preserve security and achieve justice.”

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