Evidence suggests crown prince ordered Khashoggi killing, says ex-MI6 chief

Sir John Sawers says theory that rogue Saudi military officers were responsible is ‘blatant fiction’

A former head of MI6 has said all the evidence suggests Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and that the theory that rogue elements in the Saudi military were responsible was “blatant fiction”.

Sir John Sawers told the BBC his assessment was based on conversations with senior Whitehall sources and his knowledge of the Turkish intelligence services.

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