France arrests alleged member of commando that killed journalist Hashukji – SME.sk

PARIS. A man suspected of involvement in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khasukji in 2018 was arrested Tuesday at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris. This was reported by the radio station RTL, which referred to unnamed police sources. The report was provided by AFP.

The suspect, Khalid al-Utah, was reportedly a member of a Saudi intervention squad that brutally murdered a journalist.

According to RTL, the police arrested the man on Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the airport, from where he planned to fly to Riyadh. According to Reuters, 33-year-old al-Utajbí was on the list of people wanted by Interpol. He allegedly traveled under an original passport issued in his name.

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Jamal Hashukji was a well-known and outspoken critic of the Saudi leadership and wrote regularly for The Washington Post. He was assassinated on October 2, 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a team of agents sent from Saudi Arabia.

The journalist’s body was never found. Saudi Arabia initially denied that it was an assassination in which it was involved, but later claimed that the murder was carried out by Saudi agents who acted on their own.