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The fatal crash came one day after Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen rebels in the wartorn country.

This evening, local media repeated the prince and everyone else on the aircraft died in the helicopter crash.

They had been taking a tour of an area near the Asir coast when the aircraft went down.