French authorities released a Saudi man held in connection with the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi after determining that he wasn't the same person named in an international arrest warrant.
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The man was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Tuesday because of a warrant issued by Turkish judicial authorities, prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement. He was released on Wednesday. Saudi officials had earlier said that the arrest was a case of mistaken identity.
The prosecutor said that a thorough verification of his identity allowed us to determine that the warrant doesn't apply to him.
Khashoggi, a Saudi national who had been in exile in the U.S., was killed and dismembered inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul in 2018, sparking an international outcry. A U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that the assassination had likely been ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, though he denied involvement and said it was the work of rogue government agents.
On Tuesday, French police arrested a man in the name of Khalid Alotaibi, on suspicion that he was a member of the team that killed Khashoggi, state-owned Agence France Presse reported.
A UN report on the killing identified Khalid Aedh Alotaibi as being involved in the mission and said he had been seen in the presence of Saudi Arabia's crown prince during a visit to Saudi Arabia in 2017. Khalid and Alotaibi are both very common names in Saudi Arabia.
The arrest came just days after French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Saudi Arabia, becoming the most senior European leader to visit Prince Mohammed since the murder.
France imposed travel bans on 18 Saudis believed to be linked to the killing of Khashoggi, including travel bans on them.
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