A onetime Saudi intelligence official alleged Thursday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) attempted to have him killed in 2018. In a lawsuit filed in DC District Court Thursday, Saad Aljabri alleged the crown prince dispatched an assassination squad to Canada to kill him. The complaint alleges that before sending the men, the crown prince sent WhatsApp messages to Aljabri directing him to return to Saudi Arabia. When Aljabri refused, bin Salman told him he intended to use “all available means,” including “measures that would be harmful to you,” to compel his return, CNN reported. He fled to Turkey in 2017 after bin Salman became heir apparent to his father and de facto ruler and placed his cousin under house arrest.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 06, 2020 23:03 UTC