JUST IN: Saudi court sentences 5 people to death over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The prosecution official said that crown prince's former top adviser, Saud al-Qahtani, was questioned, tried but not convicted. Ahmed Asiri, the former deputy head of Saudi intelligence, was released due to a lack of evidence.The prosecution official said Monday that Khashoggi's family was allowed to attend. Members of the United Nations security council and human rights representatives also attended, he added. NBC News could not independently verify these claims.
His killing and the botched Saudi response triggered a wave of revulsion and anger around the world that appeared to catch the kingdom's officials by surprise. The United Nations extrajudicial executions investigator, Agnes Callamard, concluded in June that there was"credible evidence" that high-level Saudi officials, including
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