Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée demands Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman be punished for killing

US last week declassified report that publicly accused the crown prince of approving Khashoggi murder in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate in 2018

Biden administration stopped short of applying sanctions against the 35-year-old de facto leader, known by his initials MBS

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Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Photo: AFP

Published: 12:05am, 2 Mar 2021Updated: 3:28am, 2 Mar 2021

The Turkish fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Monday that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman should be “punished without delay” over the murder.

The United States on Friday declassified a report that publicly accused the crown prince of approving Khashoggi’s murder in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate in 2018.

But the United States stopped short of applying sanctions against the 35-year-old de facto leader, known by his initials MBS.

“It is essential that the Crown Prince, who ordered the brutal murder of a blameless and innocent person, should be punished without delay,” Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz said in a statement posted on her official Twitter account in English and Arabic.

“This will not only bring the justice we have been seeking for Jamal, but it could also prevent similar acts recurring in the future,” she said.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: TNS

Khashoggi, a US resident and critic of Prince Mohammed who wrote for The Washington Post, was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate after going inside to receive paperwork for his wedding to Cengiz.

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