Five Sentenced to Death in Khashoggi Murder, Royal Aides Cleared
- Global outcry after killing bruised crown prince’s reputation
- Verdicts unlikely to silence Saudi critics in U.S., Europe
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A Saudi court sentenced five people to death for the murder of government critic Jamal Khashoggi but ruled that last year’s assassination wasn’t premeditated and said it didn’t have enough evidence to incriminate two top officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The verdict, read out by the public prosecutor on Monday in Riyadh, is unlikely to mute criticism in the U.S. against the kingdom and Prince Mohammed for the murder of the Washington Post columnist by government agents in Istanbul.