Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince has called the killing of Washington Post columnist and Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi a "heinous crime that cannot be justified."
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman separately said that Khashoggi’s killing will not "drive a wedge" between the kingdom and Turkey.
His comments on Wednesday, 24 September, came at the Future Investment Initiative. This year's summit has been overshadowed by the grisly 2 October murder.
Turkish officials say a 15-man Saudi team killed the writer at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, and that a member of Prince Mohammed's entourage was allegedly at the consulate at the time.
International business leaders have pulled out of the annual Future Investment Initiative over the killing.
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