Saudi King Goes Home: Thousands Gather In Mecca As King Abdullah Is Laid To Test

The body of King Abdullah has been buried in an unmarked grave in Riyadh less than 24 hours after his death plunged Saudi Arabia into mourning. Family, friends and dignitaries from the Arab world crowded around the grave to pay their final respects following the monarch's funeral this afternoon. Abdullah's body was shrouded in a simple cloth as he was carried into the Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque in Riyadh on a stretcher.

The royal died last night aged 90 after losing his battle with pneumonia and was buried in an unmarked grave, in keeping with Muslim traditions. Tens of thousands gathered in the capital and Mecca to pay their respects.

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