Saudi Arabia: The Death of a Crown Prince · Global Voices
Haifa Alrasheed

Saudi Arabia's 79-year-old Crown Prince was announced dead yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland. Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who was the minister of interior, was named Crown Prince following the death of his brother Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz eight months ago.
The funeral
The body of the crown prince arrived the Kingdom today. Funeral prayers were performed in Makkah, after the maghreb (sunset) prayers.
The death created a storm of reactions among Saudi and non Saudi netizens, in which some declared their grief and others their happiness. Below are some of these reactions.
May you rest in peace
The late Prince Nayef with Prince Salman. Photograph shared on Twitter by Haifaa Al Nasser <a href='http://twitter.com/HaifaaALnasser'>@HaifaaALnasser</a>
No, we are not praying for him!
Who will be the next Crown Prince?
On Twitter, netizens continued to guess who the next crown prince would be: