Saudi king was not in palace during drone incident -Saudi official

CAIRO – 21 April 2018: Saudi Arabia's King Salman was not present in his palace in Riyadh on Saturday when security forces shot down a toy drone in the area, a senior Saudi official told Reuters.

"The king was at his farm in Diriya," the official said, naming another area of the capital.

A spokesman for the Riyadh police said earlier that forces at a checkpoint in the Khozama district had identified the drone and "dealt with it according to their orders", without specifying if there were any injuries or damage.