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December 8, 2021

France Arrests Saudi Suspect in Khashoggi Murder
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French authorities have arrested a Saudi man who is suspected of
involvement in Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi's 2018
assassination. Khalid Aedh al-Otaibi was detained at a Paris airport as
he prepared to fly to Riyadh. But Saudi officials say the man is not the
suspect in question and simply has the same name as a former member of
the Saudi Royal Guard implicated in the disappearance and killing at the
Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Last year, a Saudi court jailed eight
people for the murder but rights groups and lawmakers say the plot's
masterminds, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, have not faced
justice.


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