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Saudi Arabia court sentences five to death over journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 23, 2019, at 04:14 pm

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Riyadh/IBNS: A Saudi Arabian court on Monday sentenced five people to death in connection with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul by a team of Saudi agent, reported BBC.

The Saudi public prosecutor said it was the result of a "rogue operation" and put 11 unnamed individuals on trial, BBC reported.

Khashoggi was a Washington Post columnist.

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