Updated On: 19 November, 2022 02:32 PM IST | Washington | Agencies
Says Biden administration; prince denied ordering killing, then accepted it took place ‘under my watch’

Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by Saudi agents in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, an operation which U.S. intelligence believed was ordered by (right) Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pics/AFP
The Biden administration ruled on Thursday that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing immediate condemnation from the slain journalist’s former fiancee.
Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in October 2018 by Saudi agents in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, an operation which U.S. intelligence believed was ordered by Prince Mohammed, who has been the kingdom’s de facto ruler for several years. “Jamal died again today,” Khashoggi’s ex-fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, said on Twitter minutes after the news became public. She added later, “We thought maybe there would be a light to justice from #USA But again, money came first. This is a world that Jamal doesn’t know about and me..!”