Turkish prosecutors said on Wednesday that they indicted 20 people suspected of taking part in the killing of Saudi Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Istanbul prosecutor's office stressed that former deputy head of Saudi Arabia's general intelligence Ahmed al-Asiri and former royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani are among those accused of insitigating "premeditated murder with monstrous intent."
Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Some media reports claimed CIA concluded the assassination was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, but Saudi authorities insisted he was not responsible. In December 2019, Saudi Arabia sentenced 5 people to death for Khashoggi's murder.
