Crown Prince Sultan laid to rest

RIYADH. October 26. KAZINFORM Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah together with a large number of Saudi royals, heads of state and high-ranking local and foreign officials, bade farewell to the late Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, here Tuesday.

King Abdullah performed funeral prayers with the mourners at the jammed Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in the capital and then the body of the crown prince was buried at the sprawling Al-Oud Cemetery in keeping with Islamic tradition, the Arab News reports.

Several heads of state and high-ranking officials from around the world joined King Abdullah and Prince Naif, second deputy premier and minister of interior, and other members of the royal family in the funeral prayers.

"Thousands of security officials were also deployed in the capital to regulate traffic, to ensure security and to manage crowds at the funeral procession," said an informed source here.

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