Saudis bury King Fahd in unmarked grave

MUSLIM leaders and Saudi princes bade farewell to King Fahd yesterday, saying prayers in a jammed mosque and then burying him in an unmarked desert grave in keeping with the kingdom’s austere version of Islam.

The mourners were all men from the Saudi royal family. Some carried brightly-coloured umbrellas to ward off the punishing sun - crowded into the barren al-Oud cemetery. Snipers kept watch from nearby buildings.

The body of Fahd, who died on Monday aged 84, was wrapped in his own brown abaya cloak as it was lowered into the grave by his family.