Saudi Court Sentences 5 to Death for Killing of Washington Post Journalist

A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 25, 2018. Osman Orsal/Reuters

A Saudi Arabia court sentenced five people to death on Dec. 23 for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist who was assassinated in 2018 inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

“Capital punishment for (5) individuals for committing and directly participating in the murder of citizen Jamal Khashoggi,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia posted on Twitter on Dec. 23.