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Saudi prince lashed in prison in Jeddah as court-ordered punishment
On October 19 Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was executed for murder

By Reuters and Chris Summers For Mailonline

Published: 04:44 EDT, 2 November 2016 | Updated: 09:56 EDT, 2 November 2016

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A prince of Saudi Arabia's ruling family has been flogged in prison in Jeddah as a court-ordered punishment, less than a month after the kingdom executed another prince for murder.

The unidentified prince was also jailed after receiving lashes for an unspecified crime, according to a brief report in Saudi Arabia's Okaz daily paper.

The flogging was carried out by a policeman on Monday after medical checks to ensure the prince was healthy, the paper added.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends a ceremony at the Diwan royal palace in Riyadh. He was crowned last year and is keen on cracking down on the country's playboy princes

Saudi Arabia, a leading Arab ally of the United States and guardian of the birthplace of Islam, follows the strict Wahhabi Sunni Muslim school, which involves the imposition of Sharia law.

Last month a Saudi prince was executed in Riyadh after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi, in what was the first execution of a prince since the 1970s.

Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir had pleaded guilty to shooting Adel al-Mohaimed after a brawl, the ministry of interior said.

Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims pray outside the Namira mosque in Mecca. Saudi Arabia follows a strict code of Sharia law which involves beheading for murder, cutting off hands for theft and flogging for lesser crimes

Saudi social media users interpreted the rare execution of a prince as a sign of equality under Islamic law.

Saudi Arabia's 80-year-old King Salman is thought to be keen on cracking down on some of the country's hundreds of playboy princes.

In 2010 Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasir al Saud, 34, was jailed for life for killing a manservant in a London hotel. The prince was later deported to Saudi Arabia under a controversial deal.