Outrage over 'Saudi Prince' video of threatening civilians gone viral

Social media users have been demanding the prince to be held accountable for his actions


News Desk November 29, 2017
PHOTO: ONLINE

Saudis erupted in outrage on Tuesday night after a video circulated allegedly showed Saudi Prince Mashhour bin Talal bin Saud threatening a civilian with a gun.

According to The New Arab, a video went viral on social media in which a Saudi prince is seen bullying citizen in a street fight.

Social media users have been demanding the prince to be held accountable for his actions, and some even went on for his arrest.

The man in the video is Mashhour bin Talal bin Saud, brother of the arrested billionaire businessman Alwaleed bin Talal, who was recently detained during latest nationwide corruption sweep by the kingdom.

On the other hand, some suggested the royal was just angry for the arrest of his brother.

Twitter was exploded with mix reactions. Some of them were:

https://twitter.com/ii1o1i/status/933110319542661120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaraby.co.uk%2Fenglish%2Fblog%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fvideo-outrage-as-saudi-prince-threatens-civilian-with-gun%3Futm_campaign%3Dsf%26utm_source%3Dfacebook.com%26utm_medium%3Dreferral

Translation: "A new disaster.. terrorising the streets, illegal number plates, holding weapons and threatening death"

https://twitter.com/TurkiShalhoub/status/933082218456600576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaraby.co.uk%2Fenglish%2Fblog%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fvideo-outrage-as-saudi-prince-threatens-civilian-with-gun%3Futm_campaign%3Dsf%26utm_source%3Dfacebook.com%26utm_medium%3Dreferral

Translation: "Silence toward these crimes is what allows it to continue. A civilian is a red line"

https://twitter.com/BlueSam2012/status/933085318873604097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaraby.co.uk%2Fenglish%2Fblog%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fvideo-outrage-as-saudi-prince-threatens-civilian-with-gun%3Futm_campaign%3Dsf%26utm_source%3Dfacebook.com%26utm_medium%3Dreferral

Translation: "He is probably just angry because of the arrest of his thief of a brother, Alwaleed bin Talal"

COMMENTS (1)

MNFS | 7 years ago | Reply Its a bad time to be a Saudi Prince right now.
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