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NEW YORK โ Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes โfull responsibilityโ for the grisly killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he denied allegations that he ordered it.
Asked if he ordered the killing of Khashoggi, who had criticized him in columns for The Washington Post, Prince Mohammed replied: โAbsolutely not.โ
The slaying was โa mistake,โ he said.
Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey on Oct. 2, 2018, to collect a document that he needed to marry his Turkish fiancee. Agents of the Saudi government killed Khashoggi inside the consulate and apparently dismembered his body, which has never been found. Saudi Arabia has charged 11 people in the slaying and put them on trial, which has been held in secret. As of yet, no one has been convicted.
A U.N. report asserted that Saudi Arabia bore responsibility for the killing and said Prince Mohammedโs possible role in it should be investigated. In Washington, Congress has said it believes Prince Mohammed is โresponsible for the murder.โ Saudi Arabia has long insisted the crown prince had no involvement in an operation that included agents who reported directly to him.
Prince Mohammed Also Addressed the Sept. 14 Missile and Drone Attack
โSome think that I should know what 3 million people working for the Saudi government do daily,โ the powerful heir told โ60 Minutes.โ โItโs impossible that the 3 million would send their daily reports to the leader or the second-highest person in the Saudi government.โ
In an interview Thursday in New York, Khashoggiโs fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, told The Associated Press that responsibility for Khashoggiโs slaying โwas not limited to the perpetratorsโ and said she wanted Prince Mohammed to tell her: โWhy was Jamal killed? Where is his body? What was the motive for this murder?โ
Prince Mohammed also addressed the Sept. 14 missile and drone attack on Saudi oil facilities. While Yemenโs Iranian-allied Houthi rebels claimed the assault, Saudi Arabia has said it was โunquestionably sponsored by Iran.โ
โThere is no strategic goal,โ Prince Mohammed said of the attack. โOnly a fool would attack 5% of global supplies. The only strategic goal is to prove that they are stupid and that is what they did.โ
He urged โstrong and firm action to deter Iran.โ
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