A Turkish court is trying in absentia two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
ADVERTISEMENTTwenty Saudi officials have gone on trial in absentia in Turkey over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Istanbul prosecutors accuse both the former deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s general intelligence Ahmed al-Asiri and former royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani of instigating “premeditated murder with monstrous intent.”
The other 18 are accused of suffocating Khashoggi.
His fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, hopes that more information will come to light during the trial about his death and about his body. His remains have never been found.
Khashoggi, who was a resident of the United States, entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, for an appointment to pick up documents that would allow him to get married. He never walked out.
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