ANKARA: The fiancée of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi called on Monday for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be punished after a US intelligence report found he had approved the killing. Khashoggi, a US resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post criticising Saudi policies, was killed and dismembered by a team linked to the crown prince in the Saudi consulate in October 2018 in Istanbul. A US intelligence report on Friday claimed the prince had approved the killing, and Washington imposed sanctions on some of those involved — but not Prince Mohammed himself. The Saudi government, which has denied any involvement by the crown prince, rejected the report’s findings. “It is essential that the crown prince […] should be punished without delay,” Hatice Cengiz said on Twitter.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2021 11:01 UTC