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A suspected member of the commando who assassinated the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey in 2018 was arrested in France on Tuesday, December 7 at the Ile-de-France airport Roissy as he was about to leave for Riyadh.
Khalid Alotaibi, it’s a passport to this name which alerted the police at the borders Tuesday, December 7 at the Ile-de-France airport Roissy. He is the subject of an extradition request from the Turkish authorities. He is wanted by Interpol. Man suspected of being part of the commando team involved in the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi To Istanbul, at the consulate ofSaudi Arabia in October 2018.
He was said to have been brutally murdered by a group of about fifteen men. “This individual may have extremely important information for justice and the family“, indicates Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International. For now, the French authorities are verifying his identity. Former member of the Saudi royal guard, the man is said to be close to Mohammed ben Salman. The Saudi crown prince is accused by the United States of having validated the crime. While awaiting a decision on his extradition, he will have the obligation to remain in France.