Crown Prince Nayef, the
long-serving interior minister who led Saudi Arabia's crackdown against
al-Qaeda's branch in the country and then rose to become next in line to the
throne, has died. He was in his late 70s. Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
who became heir to the throne last year at the age of 78, was head of the
country's interior ministry since 1975. Nayef had traveled abroad for medical
treatment and had "died outside the kingdom", Al-Ekhbariyah Television
said, quoting a statement from the royal court. Al Jazeera's Tarek
Bazley reports.
Video courtesy of Aljazeera
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