Five Saudi officials face death penalty for Jamal Khashoggi murder
Khashoggi died after being drugged and then dismembered, a spokesman for the public prosecutor´s office said in the first Saudi confirmation of how he was killed.
By AFP
November 15, 2018
Riyadh: Five Saudi officials face the death penalty for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was dismembered inside the kingdom´s Istanbul consulate, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved, the prosecutor said Thursday.
The announcement follows growing international outcry over the killing of Khashoggi who was last seen entering the consulate on October 2 to obtain paperwork for his marriage.
Khashoggi died after being drugged and then dismembered, a spokesman for the public prosecutor´s office said in the first Saudi confirmation of how he was killed.
The journalist´s body parts were then handed over to an agent outside the consulate grounds, the spokesman said.
He denied Prince Mohammed had any knowledge of the murder.
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