Turkey begins trial of 20 Saudi officials accused of killing

On Apr 12, 2020 4:17 PM

SANAA, April 12 (YPA) – A Turkish court has accepted an indictment for 20 Saudi officials accused of killing the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, according to Turkish media outlets.

The court accused the 20 suspected Saudis, including al-Asiri and Saud al-Qahtani of incitement to deliberate killing against the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

March 25, Turkish Public Prosecution Office demanded that “the death penalty will be imposed against 20 Saudi people for their involvement in the murder of Khashoggi.