Crown Prince Sultan's coffin is brought to Al-Oud cemetery on Tuesday. (SPA)

World leaders pay homage to Crown Prince Sultan

RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah together with a large number of Saudi royals, heads of state and high-ranking local and foreign officials, bade farewell to the late Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, here Tuesday.

King Abdullah performed funeral prayers with the mourners at the jammed Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in the capital and then the body of the crown prince was buried at the sprawling Al-Oud Cemetery in keeping with Islamic tradition.

Several heads of state and high-ranking officials from around the world joined King Abdullah and Prince Naif, second deputy premier and minister of interior, and other members of the royal family in the funeral prayers.

“Thousands of security officials were also deployed in the capital to regulate traffic, to ensure security and to manage crowds at the funeral procession,” said an informed source here.

The body of the late crown prince was wrapped in his own brown cloak.

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