Authorities in Saudi Arabia has released a statement shortly after the arrest of a Saudi man suspected to have participated in the assassination of a journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, where they denied playing any role, and demand the release of the said suspect.
According to the report by AFP on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s Embassy in Paris France had released the statement assuring that they had “no connection” in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
The Saudi Arabian Embassy in France said on Tuesday evening that the Saudi arrested earlier in the day in France had “no connection” to the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in Istanbul and called for his “immediate release. “. He was arrested at Roissy airport while travelling to Riyadh.
“The citizen in question has no connection with the case,” the embassy tweeted, adding that the “murderers” have already been tried in Saudi Arabia and “are serving” their statement stated.
The individual arrested, named Khalid Alotaibi, was placed in judicial detention in France until his identity was verified.
He is suspected of having been part of the commando group which assassinated the journalist opposing the regime, Jamal Khashoggi. Wanted under an international arrest warrant issued by Turkey, he risks extradition to Ankara.