Khashoggi assassination: the Saudi arrested in France is not the wanted suspect

Published on : 12/08/2021 – 2:10 PM

The Paris Attorney General announced on Wednesday an identification error on the Saudi national arrested the day before at Roissy airport on suspicion of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in Istanbul.

Wrong path. The Saudi arrested in France, who was suspected of being a member of the commando group involved in the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, is not the suspect wanted by Turkey and has been released, announced on Wednesday. December 8, the Attorney General of Paris.

The man was arrested on Tuesday “on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by the Turkish judicial authorities on November 5, 2018 in connection with the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” said Rémy Heitz in a report. communicated. “Thorough checks on the identity of this person made it possible to establish that the warrant did not apply to her” and “he was released”, he added.

During the report of the Council of Ministers, Gabriel Attal said for his part that the government wanted a clarification as soon as possible. “There are legal proceedings and verifications that are underway. We want a clarification to be provided as quickly as possible on this subject,” he told reporters.

With AFP and Reuters

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