Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia dies

Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.Saudi Arabia's crown prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud died on Saturday morning (10/22/2011) abroad.Thus the announcement from the steward of the royal family through the statement delivered by news agencies and the government television station,SPA.

Prince Sultan, who has died aged around 86 years in the United States, where since last June he underwent mengobatan.

In addition to being pengeran crown the emperor had become minister of defense and aviation minister for about four decades.

According to the SPA,Saturday (22/10/2011),Ingestion procession to Prince Sultan will be held on Tuesday.

Prince Naif is estimated that an 70-year-old, second deputy prime minister's officials since 2009,will replace Prince Sultan as crown prince.

Saudi king himself,Abdullah,who is also aged 80-something years as Sultan, recently underwent spinal surgery