French judge to look into complaint against Saudi crown prince

A French investigating judge will examine a complaint by two rights groups accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

That's according to France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office.

The prosecutor’s office, known as the PNAT, said on Saturday that an investigating judge from the crimes against humanity unit will look into it.

The complaint, filed by Trial International and Reporters Without Borders, accuses the Saudi crown prince of complicity in torture and enforced disappearance over the killing of Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist and Washington Post columnist who was murdered inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.