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Possible Coup in Saudi Arabia? (Update: Probably Not)

Saturday, April 21st, 2018

Twitter has recently been abuzz of reports of gunfire outside the Saudi royal palace in Riyadh, and the Jerusalem Post seems to be the first major news outlet to have a story up about it:

Gunfire and explosions have been reported outside the home of the Saudi king in Riyadh, the country’s capital. Sources on Twitter have posted photos and videos of the situation and have said that the gunfire is part of a coup attempt. The king has reportedly been evacuated.

The Jerusalem Post has not been able to independently verify these claims.

A sampling of tweets:

Something certainly seems to be going on…

Update: Some reports say it was just a toy plane that got too close to the palace and was shot down.

Not sure if I believe that, but Twitter reports seem to have died down, and I’m not seeing any additional videos or new reports of gunfire, so whatever it was, it does appear to have died down for now.

Update 2: Official Saudi sources are confirming the toy drone story.