Turkey lambastes Saudis over Khashoggi verdict

Turkey is panning a Saudi court verdict over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying it stopped well short of delivering justice and shedding light on the killing.

The decision announced by the Saudi court “is far from meeting the expectations of both our country and the international community to shed light on the murder with all its dimensions and deliver justice,” the foreign ministry says in a statement.

Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2011. (AP /Virginia Mayo, File)

Ankara also says key aspects of the murder including the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s body were “left in the dark,” which the ministry said was a “fundamental deficiency” in terms of accountability.

— AFP