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Saudi Arabia Restricts Drones After Palace Incident

posted by chromas on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-one-way-to-fix-it dept.

takyon writes:

Saudi issues drone restrictions following palace incident

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry on Sunday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king's palace in Riyadh.

Amateur online videos of heavy gunfire in the capital's Khozama district on Saturday sparked fears of possible political unrest in the world's top oil exporter. A senior Saudi official told Reuters there were no casualties when the drone was shot down and that King Salman was not in the palace at the time.

A security screening point had noticed the flying of a small unauthorized recreational drone, leading security forces to deal with it "according to their orders and instructions", state news agency SPA had said.

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  • (Score: 2) by OrugTor on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:47PM

    by OrugTor (5147) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:47PM (#671194)

    The bored guards were not as into downing the drone as they were shooting off their guns. I'm guessing they were shooting away after the drone was gone. Maybe at seagulls that might have been drones in disguise.

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