A court in
Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The Saudi public prosecutor's office on Monday announced the sentencing of five men directly involved in Khashoggi's murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, while another three received a total of 24 years in
prison for covering up the crime and other offenses, The
New York Times reports.Khashoggi, a columnist for The
Washington Post, was killed by Saudi agents in 2018 after arriving at the Saudi consulate to pick up marriage paperwork. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has denied ordering the killing, but a CIA assessment concluded he did.The names of the suspects in the secret trial have not been released. The public prosecutor's office said Monday a top aide to the crown prince who the
United States sanctioned, Saud al-Qahtani, was not tried due to a lack of evidence. The
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