Saudi sentences five to death, three to jail over Khashoggi killingSaudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London, Britain, on September 29, 2018. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler. The CIA and some Western governments have said they believe Prince Mohammed ordered the killing, but Saudi officials say he had no role. Last November the Saudi prosecutor said that Saud al-Qahtani, a former high-profile Saudi royal adviser, had discussed Khashoggi’s activities before he entered the Saudi consulate with the team which went on to kill him. Both men were dismissed from their positions but while Asiri went on trial, Qahtani did not.

Source: Standard Digital December 23, 2019 10:30 UTC