30 May 2012 - 19:30

Activists have released video footage showing alleged potential suicide bombers being presented at an auction in western Saudi Arabia before being shipped off to Syria.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The video, leaked in early May, shows the auction taking place in a hotel in the Saudi port city of Jeddah.

It shows a father putting his would-be suicide bomber son up for auction in exchange for the compensation he expects to be offered by the highest bidder.

The father, Abu-Salah, receives 1.5 million Saudi riyals (roughly USD 400,000), for offering his son, Khaled, as “sacrifice.”

Some sources say that among the bidders were high-ranking officials from the ruling Al Saud clan.

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