RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Sunday rejected demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as sought by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, was killed shortly after entering the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Both were sacked after Riyadh admitted Khashoggi was killed in its consulate. “We have asked our friends in Turkey to provide us with evidence that we can use in a court of law. We have not received it in the manner that it should have been received.”According to Turkey, a 15-member Saudi team was sent to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 09, 2018 23:37 UTC