Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated on the premises of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, by a commando of agents from Saudi Arabia.
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One of the suspects in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested in France on Tuesday, December 7 at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, franceinfo learned from a close source, confirming RTL information. This is Khalid Alotaibi, 33 years old. This former member of the Royal Guard of Saudi Arabia was arrested by the border police while he was going to take the plane to Riyadh, specifies this source.
The man was wanted by Interpol after an arrest warrant issued by Turkey. According to a source close to the investigation, the man showed his real passport to be able to board. It will be presented to the Paris general prosecutor’s office shortly. He was placed in judicial detention pending whether or not the public prosecutor’s office decides on his extradition.
Critic of Saudi power after being close to it, Jamal Khashoggi, resident in the United States and columnist for the daily Washington Post, was assassinated on October 2, 2018 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in Turkey by a team of agents who came from Saudi Arabia.
Ryad had claimed that Khashoggi’s assassination had been committed by Saudi agents who acted alone, but a US intelligence report accuses Crown Prince Mohammed ben Salman of having “validated” it, an accusation forcefully rejected by the Saudi Arabia.