Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi calls for the return of his body

With CNN, Salah and Abdullah Khashoggi said that without the body of their father, their family is unable to mourn and deal with the emotional burden of their father's death. (AP Photo)

The sons of the murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, on Sunday appealed for the return of their father's body and said they wanted to return to Saudi Arabia to bury him .

In an interview with CNN, Salah and Abdullah Khashoggi said that without their father's body, their family was unable to mourn and deal with the emotional burden of their father's death.

"This is not a normal situation, it is not at all a normal death. All we want now is to bury him at the Al-Baqi cemetery in Medina (Saudi Arabia) with the rest of his family, "Salah Khashoggi said. "I have talked to the Saudi authorities and I only hope that it will happen soon."

Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist criticizing the Saudi government and his de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed after he came to power. the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd.

The Saudi authorities admitted that Khashoggi had been murdered during a premeditated action, revising earlier statements that his death was unintended. Turkish officials and US legislators have said Crown Prince Mohammed has ordered the murder, an allegation refuted by Riyadh.

Khashoggi's body was not found and the Saudi authorities are conducting an official investigation.

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an international businessman, said Sunday that the investigation would exonerate the country's leader.

Salah Khashoggi met in Riyadh with the Crown Prince and King Salman to receive the condolences of the other members of the Khashoggi family. Salah left for Washington a day later and his interview with CNN was his first public comment since.

He stated that King Salman had badured him that those involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi would be brought to justice.

Make sure he's resting in peace, "said Salah Khashoggi about his father. "Until now, I still can not believe he's dead. It is not an emotional feeling, "he said, adding that there had been a lot of" misinformation "about the circumstances of the death.

Salah said the accusations that his father was a supporter of the organization of the Muslim Brotherhood are not true.

When asked how one should remember Khashoggi, Salah replied, "As a moderate man who has common values ​​with everyone … a man who loves his country, who He believes in it so much and in his potential. "

" Jamal has never been a dissident. He believed in the monarchy, that is what keeps the country united. And he believed in the transformation that he was undergoing.

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