WASHINGTON, United States – In the hours leading up to journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal killing, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince sent at least 11 messages to his closest advisor who was charged with overseeing the murder, the Wall Street Journal said Saturday quoting a CIA assessment. Khashoggi, a trenchant critic of the crown prince who relocated to Virginia and wrote op-eds for the Washington Post, was killed by Saudi operatives inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate on October 2, triggering global condemnation. After initially denying the murder, Saudi Arabia acknowledged some liability but blamed his death on a “rogue” operation. The Journal reported in November that the CIA had concluded Prince Mohammed had likely personally ordered the killing. The contents of the messages weren’t known, it added, citing the assessment, which also did not reveal the format of electronic communication.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 01, 2018 18:56 UTC