Saudi suspects in Jamal Khashoggi death banned from Schengen area
The list includes Saud al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, and a 15-member team suspected of carrying out the murder
Berlin— Germany said 18 Saudi citizens suspected in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been banned from entering Europe’s passport-free travel area. Co-ordinated with France and the UK, the notice applies to the EU’s Schengen area, German foreign minister Heiko Maas said in Brussels. The list includes Saud al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, and a 15-member team suspected of carrying out the murder, a foreign ministry official said. “There are more questions than answers in the clarification of this case, both regarding the act itself and who is behind it,” Maas told reporters on Monday. EU member states will consider additional measures, he said. Khashoggi was killed shortly after Germany and Saudi Arabia ended a diplomatic rift that lasted almost a year and put at risk trade between the two nations. After the killing, Germany suspended previously licensed weapons exports to Saudi Arabia. The US Central Intelligence Agency has...
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