A prominent personal bodyguard to Saudia Arabia’s King Salman has been shot and killed in a personal dispute, according to state media.
Major General Abdulaziz al-Fagham was killed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, where the government relocates for the summer months.
A police spokesman for the Makkah province confirmed the killing, saying the bodyguard was shot after a verbal argument with a friend during a visit to his house, according to the official SPA news agency.
The shooter refused to surrender to police who had surrounded the site and subsequently shot him dead, the statement said. Another Saudi, a Filipino and five members of the security forces were also wounded by gunfire, it added.
Al-Fagham was transferred to a hospital but died from his wounds. Five security forces were also injured in the incident.
Al-Fagham had served as the personal bodyguard of late King Abdullah, who died in 2015.
