Saudi govt insist Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd alive and well after claims he was killed

Saudi prince who was thought to have been killed in a firefight while resisting arrest as part of the kingdom’s anti-corruption purge is ‘alive and well’, according to the government.
Local media in the Gulf earlier reported Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, 44, was shot dead by authorities trying to arrest him as part of the anti-corruption sweep.

But the Kingdom’s information ministry told MailOnline: ‘There is no truth whatsoever to rumours circulating in media concerning Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd. Prince Abdul Aziz is alive and well.’
Former FBI special agent Ali H Soufan claimed on Twitter the son of the late King Fahd had died on Sunday.
It was also reported in The Duran, who said Prince Abdul Aziz was ‘deeply involved’ in Saudi Oger Ltd, a company that was once owned by the family of Saad Hariri who resigned as Lebanese Prime Minister on the weekend.
The company ceased trading in the summer, fuelling speculation the Saudis forced Hariri to quit.
It comes just 24 hours after of Riyadh’s royals died in a helicopter crash along with government ministers.
A helicopter carrying a high-ranking Saudi prince and other government officials crashed Sunday in the kingdom’s south, reportedly killing all eight people aboard.
The Saudi Interior Ministry said early Monday that the crash happened in Saudi Arabia’s Asir province as the official took part in a tour of local projects near Abha, some 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the border with Yemen.
The Saudi-owned satellite news channel Al-Arabiya, based in Dubai, reported that the crash killed Prince Mansour bin Muqrin and seven others.