French judge to probe complaint against Saudi’s MBS over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
Key takeaways
- The probe comes after years of legal wrangling over the admissibility of the case.
- By: FRANCE 24 Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
- A US resident who wrote critically about the oil-rich kingdom in The Washington Post, Khashoggi was strangled and then dismembered inside the Saudi consulate.
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A French investigative magistrate is set to investigate a complaint filed by rights groups against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, also known as MBS, over the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a source. The probe comes after years of legal wrangling over the admissibility of the case.
By: FRANCE 24 Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. © Hasan Jamali, AP archives A Paris magistrate will investigate the 2018 assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi after rights groups filed a complaint against Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, French sources told AFP on Saturday.
Both Mohammed Bin Salman and the kingdom faced intense international uproar over the killing in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, which the US intelligence services believe the crown prince was directly responsible for.