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Independent U.N.-backed team urges inquiry into Saudi prince

The team's report pins responsibility for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder on Saudi Arabia and 15 of its agents.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meeting with U.S. defense officials in Riyadh.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meeting with U.S. defense officials in Riyadh. (AN/Adrian Cadiz)

GENEVA (AN) — In grisly detail, an independent U.N. human rights investigator reported "credible evidence" exists to justify a criminal probe into Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other officials suspected of involvement in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's premeditated murder.

United Nations special rapporteur Agnès Callamard and her team issued a report on Wednesday pinning responsibility on Saudi Arabia and 15 of its agents for Khashoggi's "premeditated extrajudicial execution" inside the Saudi consulate at Istanbul, Turkey, that relied on using the agents' official status and government resources.

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