Jamal Khashoggi: UN finds ‘credible evidence’ linking Saudi crown prince to murder
By DW
19 June 2019 |
12:22 pm
Earlier this year, the UN said that Khashoggi was "the victim of a brutal and premeditated" murder, "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials. The journalist was allegedly strangled in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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