24 December
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey last year.
The kingdom's prosecutors on Monday said the court in Riyadh ruled that the five defendants were directly involved in the journalist's death.
The names of those sentenced to death have not been made public.
They were among 11 people put on trial in connection with the killing of Khashoggi in October last year.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been accused of being involved, but he has denied ordering the killing.
The prosecutors also announced that there was no evidence against two close aides to the crown prince, who were rumored to have been involved in the killing.
The United Nations has questioned the transparency of the trial, but the Saudi government appeared eager to bring the case to an early end.
NHK
