Saudi royal court announces the death of King Fahd's cousin

Bander Ahmad al-Sudeiri, cousin of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz is dead, according to a statement by the Saudi royal court yesterday. The statement said that prayers was made yesterday afternoon for the deceased at Bin Turkey mosque in al-Riyadh.

Al-Sudeiri was also the uncle of prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi defense minister and princes Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Aziz, Turkey Bin Abdul Aziz, Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz, Salman Bin Abdul Aziz and Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz.