Saudi Arabia's crown prince flat denied knowing about the Khashoggi murder, an excuse the UN said is

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Saudi Arabia's crown prince flat denied knowing about the Khashoggi murder, an excuse the UN said is 'inconceivable'
Sahar Esfandiari

    Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman said he was not aware of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a claim the UN has previously called "inconceivable."

    In an interview with PBS, the crown prince accepted some responsibility for Khashoggi's killing, but said he did not know about it until after it happened.

    Following international outrage over Khashoggi's murder, the UN conducted an investigation which found that "high level officials" planned, supervised and authorized the mission.

    "Every expert consulted finds it inconceivable that an operation of this scale could be implemented without the Crown Prince being aware," the UN report, published in June, said.

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'Not good enough': UN expert slams Saudi crown prince's empty comments on Khashoggi murder
The New Arab & agencies

Agnes Callamard, a United Nations special rapporteur who conducted an investigation into Khashoggi's murder, was reacting to an interview broadcast by US media on Sunday with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Speaking to CBS's 60 Minutes, Prince Mohammed denied ordering or having advanced warning of Khashoggi's killing on October 2 last year at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but said he "took full responsibility as a leader in Saudi Arabia".

Callamard, whose independent probe found "credible evidence" linking the crown prince to the murder and attempted cover up, dismissed that defence as "problematic".

Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/9/30/un-trashes-mbs-for-distancing-himself-from-khashoggi-murder