Three months after the murder of the government is critical of the Saudi journalists Jamal Khashoggi has begun in Saudi Arabia, the trial against eleven Suspects. The indictment was read.
The alleged perpetrators were published on Thursday in front of the court in the capital, Riyadh, said attorney-General Saud al-Mudschib in a statement. “During the first hearing, the defender asked for a copy of the indictment and the time to respond to this. The application by the defenders was granted,” is in the message.
A date for the continuation of the hearing was not called. The prosecution calls in five cases the death penalty.
The leadership of Saudi Arabia, was caught after the murder Khashoggis international criticism. The columnist for the “Washington Post” was gone at the beginning of October to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, a document for his wedding to pick up. There he was killed by a from Saudi Arabia-travelled special team cruel. This Riad is admitted only after massive international pressure.
crown Prince as the mastermind
suspected of A series of clues became heir to the throne Muhammad bin Salman , the king’s son, in the vicinity of the fact. According to media reports, the US foreign intelligence service CIA is convinced that he is the mastermind.
U.S. President Donald Trump, however, is not went against the heir to the throne, referring to the good economic relations and arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Riyadh insists that the crown Prince didn’t know anything about the murder plans. According to the Saudi General Prosecutor, the investigators, respondents, in the case of other Suspects, but no further Details. In addition, the Turkish government had been asked to share insights for action with the investigators.
The General Prosecutor’s office in Riyadh had in November, the indictment of eleven – non-identified – announced Saudi men. As a mastermind, they presented the former Deputy chief of the intelligence service, Ahmed al-Asiri.
Also the Confidant of the heir to the throne and high-ranking government employees Saud al-Kahtani is accused of being the organization fact, may have been involved. He does not seem to be the accessible information, but part of the process. (nag/sda)
Created: 03.01.2019, 16:54 PM
