Factbox: Saudis in spotlight for killing of journalist Khashoggi


  • World
  • Saturday, 27 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia in 2019 jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

A declassified U.S. intelligence assessment released on Friday said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of the operation to capture or kill the dissident journalist.

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