Former Saudi Intelligence Officer Sues Crown Prince for Alleged Assassination Attempts

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Saturday, August 15, 2020
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
8
Abstract: 

                On August 6, 2020, Dr. Saad Aljabri, a former top Saudi intelligence official, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of sending a team of agents to Canada to kill him, as well as arresting and holding his children and brother in an effort to force him to return to Saudi Arabia.[1]



[1]    Dr. Saad Aljabri v. Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz  Al Saud et al, U.S. District for the District of Columbia, Case 1:20-cv-02146, Complaint, Aug. 6, 2020 https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/c26533cd-419e-4406-a534-668bf50d19a0/note/260cbda4-fb75-4659-9c01-10da2ba31760.#page=1; Ben Hubbard and Mark Mazzetti, Ex-Official Says Saudis Are Trying to Kill Him, N.Y. Times, Aug. 7, 2020, at A13, col. 6.