The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi Arabia’s powerful
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist
Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported Friday, citing people close to the
matter.
The US assessment directly contradicts the conclusions of a Saudi
prosecutor one day prior, which exonerated the prince of involvement in
the brutal murder.
But The Washington Post, which broke the story, said the CIA found
that 15 Saudi agents flew on government aircraft to Istanbul and
assassinated Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate.
Queried by AFP, the CIA declined to comment.
Khashoggi, a Post columnist, had gone to the consulate to obtain documents necessary to marry his Turkish fiancee.
Saudi Arabia — which quickly dismissed the reported CIA findings —
has repeatedly changed its official narrative of the October 2 murder,
first denying any knowledge of Khashoggi’s whereabouts and later saying
he was killed when an argument degenerated into a fistfight.
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