Saud al-Qahtani

Still image taken from CCTV claims to show Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi suspected of organizing killing of Khashoggi has close ties the crown prince

October 22, 2018

Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is one of the fall guys as Riyadh tries to stem international outrage at Khashoggi’s death. On Saturday, Saudi state media said King Salman had sacked Qahtani and four other officials over the killing carried out by a 15-man hit team.