(MENAFN) On Sunday, Social media and media outlets have been circulating the news about a possible "coup attempt" in Saudi Arabia, saying that the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman had been evacuated to a nearby bunker at a military base for his safety.
Videos had been posted on social media which claimed to be of heavy gunfire outside the palace in Rihayd.
Wall Street journalist Margherita Stancati, who reports from Saudi Arabia, tweeted: 'No coup attempt in Riyadh. A toy drone/plane got too close to the King's palace and was shot down.'
"An official Riyadh district police spokesman said that at about 19:50 p.m. on Saturday, 5/8/1439 a security screening point in the Al-Khuzama district of Riyadh noticed a small, remote-controlled recreational aircraft (drone) flying without being authorized to do so, which required security personnel at the security point to deal with it in accordance with their orders and instructions in this regard," the official Saudi Press Agency reported according to Newsweek.
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