Official: Writer’s slaying was a ‘rogue operation’
A top Saudi official on Friday insisted his country’s crown prince had no role in the October slaying of a Washington Post columnist, saying the trial of the suspects and the investigation would show it was a “rogue operation” with no official backing.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-jubeir spoke to reporters as legislation was introduced in the United States Congress to block some arms sales to the kingdom over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi and the deaths of civilians in the war in Yemen.
“We know that the crown prince did not order this. We know that this was a rogue operation,” he said. “We came out and we acknowledged it. It was committed by officials of the Saudi government acting outside their authority.”