France arrests possible suspect in Jamal Khashoggi's murder
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French police on Tuesday arrested a man that they believe to be a member of the hit squad that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, according to sources cited by the AFP news agency. But a Saudi official told Reuters that police had the wrong man, calling it a case of mistaken identity.
The man believed to have been arrested, 33-year-old Khalid Alotaibi, is wanted by Turkey to face justice over the killing. A French judicial source told Reuters that they are still in the process of verifying the arrested man's identity.
The man was detained by border police on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by Turkey as he was about to board a flight to Riyadh from Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, judicial and airport sources told AFP. He is due to appear before prosecutors on Wednesday.
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