Former Saudi intelligence official accuses crown prince of plot to kill him
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner , US investigations corres from on (#56MXE)
US lawsuit by Saad Aljabri claims that the Saudi state sent a team of assassins to Canada
A former senior Saudi intelligence official with close ties to western intelligence agencies has accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of plotting to kill him, claiming in a US lawsuit that one such attempt was thwarted by Canadian officials in 2018.
A lawsuit by Saad Aljabri against the Saudi crown prince and other Saudi officials, which was brought in a district court in Washington DC, claims that the Saudi state launched a campaign to target the former high-ranking official in Canada because he was viewed as a threat to Prince Mohammed's relationship with the US and his eventual ascendancy to the throne.
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