5 sentenced to death over Saudi journalist Khashoggi\'s murder

According to reports, the top aide to Saudi crown prince not charged in Khashoggi case, said a prosecutor.

Update: 2019-12-23 09:57 GMT
Asserting that international scrutiny of the murder of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "absolutely required", a UN official on Sunday expressed disappointment that the world body's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not demand a criminal investigation into the matter. (Photo: File)

Saudi Arabia: Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said on Monday.

"The court issued death sentences on five men who directly took part in the killing," the prosecutor said in a statement.

 

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