Saudi Prince Says Khashoggi Murder Happened on His ‘Watch’: PBS

Abbas Al Lawati 2 hrs ago

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said the murder of government critic and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi “happened under my watch,” but without his knowledge, Frontline PBS reported.

© Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS

“I get all the responsibility because it happened under my watch,” the prince was cited as saying in a documentary by PBS’s Frontline.

Frontline said the crown prince made the comments in December 2018, two months after the murder in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. The prince blamed unnamed officials for acting without his knowledge.