Saudi Arabia admits: Khashogg's body is broken, death penalty required for accused

Public prosecutor in Saudi Arabia has demanded the death penalty of five out of eleven suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a case that has strained the kingdom's ties with Western allies, has announced on Thursday his office.

Khashoggi, known critic of Saudi politics, was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd, following a clash, through injecting a deadly substance, while his body was torn apart and thrown out of the facility, public prosecutor and spokesman Shaalan al-Shalan, reports Reuters, broadcast Koha.net.

He has said the columnist of the American newspaper “Washington Post” was killed after the failure of negotiations on his return to the kingdom and that the person who had ordered the murder was the head of the negotiating team, sent for the repatriation of Khashogg.

The location of Khashogg's lifeless body remains unknown.

Riyadh has made numerous conflicting clarifications regarding the disappearance of Khashogg, before acknowledging that he was killed, in a case that made headlines in the world, exposed the kingdom before possible sanctions and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.