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| Saudi Arabia to seek death penalty for Khashoggi’s accused killers | Saudi Arabia to seek death penalty for Khashoggi’s accused killers |
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| Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for five individuals accused of murdering Jamal Khashoggi. He said the crown prince was not implicated in the crime. | Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for five individuals accused of murdering Jamal Khashoggi. He said the crown prince was not implicated in the crime. |
| “The public prosecutor has requested the death penalty for 5 individuals who are charged with ordering and committing the crime and for the appropriate sentences for the other indicted individuals,” deputy public prosecutor and spokesman Shaalan al-Shaalan told reporters. He, however, didn’t name those five people. | |
| Eleven people have been charged and 21 are being held for Khashoggi’s murder, the prosecutor said. The journalist and Washington Post columnist was allegedly strangled at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. | Eleven people have been charged and 21 are being held for Khashoggi’s murder, the prosecutor said. The journalist and Washington Post columnist was allegedly strangled at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. |
| READ MORE: 'Hope it was quick & not painful': Khashoggi's sons want to bury his remains in Saudi Arabia | |
| Turkey has blamed the Gulf kingdom, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing Saudi officials at the “highest level” of ordering the murder. The country's prosecutor said that the journalist was killed by “strangulation” and that his body was “cut into pieces” after the murder. | |
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