One of those suspected of murdering a Saudi journalist is arrested in France

One of the suspects in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested at Roissy airport near Paris on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Riyadh, a police source told Reuters.

The arrest came just days after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke in person with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, becoming the first major Western leader to visit the kingdom since the assassination.

Khashoggi, a critic of Prince Mohammed, was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Turkish authorities believe that after he was killed, his body was dismembered and removed from the site. His remains have not been found.

The source identified the detainee as Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi, a former member of the Saudi Arabian Royal Guard.

He was on a French wanted list and was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by Turkey in 2019, the source said, adding that French prosecutors will now begin proceedings for a possible extradition to Turkey.

The French Interior Ministry declined to comment.

A US intelligence report released in March said Prince Mohammed had approved the operation to kill or capture Khashoggi. The Saudi government denies any involvement of the Crown Prince and rejects the report's conclusions.

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