Who is Mohammed Bin Salman?
Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (also known as MbS), 32, is the son of Saudi Arabia's current ruler, King Salman. He was named the Crown Prince in 2017 and is the heir apparent to his father's throne. In addition to his royal title, he is also involved in the country's administrative affairs and currently serves as the First Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs and Minister of Defence.

Who's crying murder?
Mostly observers and rivals of the middle eastern kingdom. The rumours began circulating after April 21, when gunshots were heard at the royal palace. Saudi authorities maintained that they'd downed a recreational, unauthorised toy drone flying near the palace. In the middle of all this, Twitter was afire with theories. One of them was by London-based Saudi human rights activist Ghanem al-Masarir, who claimed King Salman was moved to the King Khalid Military City in northeastern Saudi Arabia. However, a Reuters report quoted an official saying that King Salman was "at his farm in Diriya [a part of the capital Riyadh]." According to Newsweek, some Twitter accounts supporting Qatar had suggested a coup attempt was unfolding and media agencies in Iran speculated MbS may have been killed, with an Iranian newspaper saying "two bullets" had hit him. This came about because there were no reports on MbS's whereabouts at the time of the incident. This was remarkably unusual for the prince, who is otherwise seen out and about all the time.