WASHINGTON: Riyadh does not know the location of dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s body, despite having detained the Saudi team that murdered him, a high-ranking foreign affairs official in the kingdom said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The dissident journalist was dismembered after his murder October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul but his remains have yet to be found. But asked where Khashoggi’s body is, he told CBS’s “Face the Nation,” “We don’t know.”Jubeir said the public prosecutor responsible for the case had sought evidence from Turkey but had received no response. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was "not involved" in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and blaming him would be crossing "a red line," Adel al-Jubeir (pic). “The crown prince, we know, did not order this.

Source: New Strait Times February 10, 2019 22:30 UTC