Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (PHOTO: AFP)
State-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported that Major General Abdulaziz al-Fagham was shot during a personal dispute in Jeddah.
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.
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The gunman was shot dead by security forces after he refused to surrender, the spokesman said.
Five security forces were injured in the incident.
Al-Fagham had served as the personal bodyguard of late King Abdullah, who died in 2015.
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