UPDATE 1-Saudi Arabia's al-Jubeir says crown prince did not order Khashoggi killing
"We know that this was not an authorized operation. There was no order given to conduct this operation," al-Jubeir said. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that a year before Khashoggi was killed, the crown prince told an aide he would use "a bullet" on the journalist if he did not return home and end his criticism of the government.
Those comments were made in 2017, well before Khashoggi was killed last October in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Times said, citing current and former U.S. and foreign officials knowledgeable about intelligence reports. Separately on Thursday, a United Nations-led inquiry into the murder said that evidence pointed to a brutal crime "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials.
Khashoggi's killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of the crown prince, who had been admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax reform, infrastructure projects and allowing women to drive. (Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Writing by Lisa Lambert; Editing by David Gregorio and Phil Berlowitz)
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