Saudi prince arrested as abuse video goes viral

A SAUDI prince has been arrested after a video emerged online purporting to show him abusing one man and pointing an AK-47 rifle at another.

King Salman ordered the arrest and interrogation of Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, a low-ranking Saudi royal, after video clips appeared to show him point a rifle at a man who is bleeding from the head and pleading.

One clip, viewed more than 760,000 times, also shows 18 bottles of Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky displayed on a table and a wad of cash. The sale and consumption of alcohol in Saudi Arabia is forbidden. Another video clip shows a man sitting in a car, bleeding and being cursed at for parking in front of a house. Another shows what appears to be the prince punching and slapping a man who is sitting on a chair.

The clips went viral in Saudi Arabia under an Arabic Twitter hashtag that said “prince transgresses on citizens.”