Death of Jamal Khashoggi: an alleged member of the commando arrested in Roissy – The HuffPost

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Jamal Khashoggi, here in 2014, was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

INTERNATIONAL – Three years after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, a man suspected of being a member of commando who assassinated the opponent to Saudi power was arrested this Tuesday, December 7 at the airport Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle as he was about to embark for Riyadh, reveal RTL and Europe 1.

Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi, 33, a member of the Royal Guard, traveled with his own passport and therefore with his own identity, specifies RTL. When the border police put him in the wanted persons file, his name corresponded with a red notice. of Interpol, precise The world. Indeed, Turkey, which suspects him of being linked to Khashoghi’s death, had issued an arrest warrant against him. He was placed in judicial detention by the air and border police.

Arrest this morning, 9:20 am in Roissy, of a suspected member of the commando who assassinated the Saudi journalist J. Khashoggi. He was scheduled to take the 11:25 am flight to Riyadh. He introduced himself speaking English. He asked for legal counsel and consular assistance. (@ Europe1)

– William Molinié (@WilliamMolinie) December 7, 2021

On Wednesday, Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi will be presented to the public prosecutor’s office of the Paris Court of Appeal and will be notified of the arrest warrant concerning him, continues Europe 1. He can refuse his extradition to Turkey. In this case, the French justice may ask that he remain in France, free, under judicial control or under extradition detention, the time that Turkey makes an extradition request. In a few weeks, the court of appeal should then rule on the extradition request.

Saudi Arabia calls for his “immediate release”

The man is one of 17 people sanctioned by the United States for their suspicious role in the murder of the journalist, who had become a columnist for the Washington Post. France has also banned its territory and access to the Schengen area to 18 individuals suspected of being involved in this affair, including Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi, according to Le Figaro.

On Tuesday evening, the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Paris declared that Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi had “no connection” with the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and called for his “immediate release”. “The citizen in question has no connection with the case,” the embassy tweeted, adding that the “culprits of the murder” have already been tried in Saudi Arabia and “are serving” their sentences there.

After denying the assassination, Riyadh ended up saying that it was committed by Saudi agents who acted alone. After opaque trial in Saudi Arabia, five Saudis were sentenced to death and three sentenced to prison terms – death sentences have since been commuted. The body of the dissident journalist, dismembered on the spot, has never been found.

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Saudi Arabia calls for his “immediate release”

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