France Releases ‘Mistakenly’ Held Saudi Man

Date: 08 December 2021 - 22:51

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PARIS (Reuters) -- France released on Wednesday the Saudi national arrested at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after officials concluded it was a case of mistaken identity.
French law enforcement sources had identified the man in detention as Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi, the same name as a former member of the Saudi Royal Guard listed in U.S. and British sanctions documents and a UN-commissioned report as having been involved in Khashoggi’s killing in Turkey.