The man has been named as Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi — the same name as a former member of the Saudi Royal Guard who is identified in US and UK sanctions lists
A demonstrator holds a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a protest outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 5 2018. Picture: REUTERS/OSMAN ORSAL French police on Tuesday arrested a suspected member of the hit squad that killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as the man was about to board a flight from Paris to Riyadh, French law enforcement sources said.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2 2018. Turkish officials believe his body was dismembered and removed. His remains have not been found. “This could be a major breakthrough in the quest for justice for Jamal Khashoggi,” former UN investigator Agnes Callamard said of the Paris detention.
The police source said the detained man was being held at a border police detention facility at Charles de Gaulle airport, near Paris, and would be taken to court in the centre of the city on Wednesday morning for a hearing on his extradition to Turkey. “This is a case of mistaken identity. Those convicted of the crime are currently serving their sentences in Saudi Arabia.”
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