'The Saudi judiciary has issued verdicts against all those who took part in the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi, all of them are currently serving their sentences,' the Paris embassy said. Saudi Arabia however insists that the legal process it carried out into the Khashoggi killing has been completed and there is no need for any further arrests. The case was eventually closed by the prosecutor's office in the absence of any indication of his presence in France but RSF said it would now reactivate the case. RSF said it had maintained 'complete confidentiality' about the complaint in order to improve the chances of his arrest during any visit to France. Media rights body Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called Tuesday's arrest 'excellent news' and said it had filed a legal complaint with Paris prosecutors against Al-Otaibi for murder, torture and enforced disappearance in October 2019. Khashoggi is seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on the day of his killing 'In-depth verifications to determine the identity of this person have enabled us to establish that the warrant was not applicable to him,' the chief prosecutor in Paris said in a statement, referring to an international arrest warrant issued by Turkey.
The notice, which was issued by Turkey, identified Al-Otaibi as a former member of the Saudi royal guard accused of being part of the 'hit squad' that killed Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018.īut Saudi Arabia protested, saying Al-Otaibi is a common name and the man France was holding could not be the wanted Al-Otaibi because he is in jail in their country.Ī security source revealed this morning that the man arrested simply bears the same name as the suspected killer, and he has since been released without charge
The suspect, a 33-year-old carrying a passport that identified him as Khalid Al-Otaibi, was stopped while trying to board a plane bound for Riyadh at 9.20am on Tuesday when an Interpol red notice was triggered as he went through security. A Saudi man arrested yesterday in Paris in connection with the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been released and is not the suspect being sought by Turkey over the crime, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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