A growing number of videos are surfacing the media displaying that a heavy
gunfire is underway around King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's palace in the
capital, Riyadh.
Reports said the king and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, have been
evacuated to a bunker at an airbase in the city that is under the protection of
the US troops.
While Saudi officials and media are quiet over the incident, there are
contradicting reports over the incident. Witnesses and residents of the
neighborhoods near the palace said a coup is underway, while other reports said
a drone has been flying over the palace.
Saudi opposition members claimed that "a senior ground force officer has led a
raid on the palace to kill the king and the crown prince".
Videos also show that a growing number of armored vehicles have deployed around
the palace. 'Bin Salman's special guard' has taken charge of security in the
capital. Riyadh's sky has been closed to all civil and military flights as
military helicopters from 'Bin Salman's special guard' are flying over the
palace.
There is yet no report on any possible casualties.
Yet, a number of Saudi activists said in their twitter accounts that a drone has
been flying over the palace and the palace guards started spraying bullet at the
UAV as they are afraid that it could be a Yemeni military aircraft sent on a
bombing mission to the King's palace.
Yemen's Ansarullah movement recently warned that it would use more drones in the
war against Saudi Arabia.
The first such drone mission happened few weeks ago when the Yemenis sent
pilotless aircraft on a mission over the Saudi Aramco oil company in Southern
Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh's Police spokesman confirmed the shooting incident minutes ago, claiming
that the guards have observed a helishot flying over the Al-Khazami Palace and
started shooting at it.
Source:FNA