Asked how he did not know about the killing by Saudi officials, he told CBS it was impossible for him to know “what three million people working for the Saudi government do daily”. “He is creating a distance between himself, he is exonerating himself from direct criminal responsibility in the killing. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the crown prince, was murdered on Oct 2 at its consulate in Istanbul. A global outcry ensued and led to US Treasury sanctions on 17 Saudi individuals and a Senate resolution blaming Prince Mohammed. Saudi officials have denied suspicions in the CIA that the crown prince, known as MbS, ordered the killing.

Source: bd News24 October 01, 2019 13:18 UTC