Pompeo: US continues to seek answers on murder of Jamal Khashoggi
2019-03-28 06:30:49 source：The Aljazeera
March 28, 2019
Washington, DC - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the US will continue to work to identify those responsible for the murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi and "hold them accountable".
Pompeo was confronted by Congressman Gerry Connolly about Khashoggi's murder during a congressional hearing. Connelly is a Virginia Democrat in whose district Khashoggi resided.
Khashoggi was killed on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. After offering several contradictory statements, the Saudi kingdom confirmed Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate, but denied the killing was ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite reports that the CIA concluded that the kingdom's de facto leader was behind the murder.
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