DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor is recommending the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Turkey has blamed the highest ranks of power in Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi’s brutal death, saying the kingdom sent an assassination squad for him. Turkey’s foreign minister says the death penalty announcement for five suspects falls short of Turkey’s expectations. Mevlut Cavusoglu also insists that the suspects detained in Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi’s killing should be put on trial in Turkey. This process cannot be closed down in this way.”The minister also questioned why Saudi Arabia indicted only 11 out of 18 detained suspects.

Source: National Post November 15, 2018 10:52 UTC