Former Saudi spy denounces Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent hitmen to Canada to kill him

A former high-level spy from Saudi Arabia claimed in an interview on American television on Sunday that the country’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, sent a team of hitmen to kill him while he was in exile in Canada.

In an interview with the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” Saad Aljabri, who in addition to being a spy served as an interlocutor between the kingdom’s intelligence services and Western governments, said he became a target of Riyadh after having fled the country after the crown prince took power in 2017.

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A friend of a Middle East intelligence service warned him that he was going to face a fate similar to that of the dissident and Saudi journalist. Jamal Khashoggi, declared Saad Aljabri.

Jamal Khashoggi was killed by a group linked to Riyadh during a visit to the country’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, according to investigations.

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“The warning I received is not to go near any Saudi mission in Canada. Don’t go to the consulate. Don’t go to the embassy … You’re at the top of the list ”, said Algebra at the interview.

The ex-spy claimed that the group of mercenaries arrived in Canada in October 2018. They were immediately deported by Canadian authorities for lying to customs officials and carrying suspicious items with them.

In this summer 2021 photo courtesy of CBS News, Saad Aljabri, a former Saudi Arabian security official, is interviewed for “60 Minutes” in Washington. (CBS News / 60 Minutes via AP).

The AFP tried unsuccessfully to verify the accusations of Algebra. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada it did not answer questions from AFP.

Canadian officials told “60 Minutes” they were aware of “incidents in which foreign actors have tried … to threaten … people living in Canada.”

Algebra said the group that flew to Canada It was made up of members of the “Tiger Squad”, a team of hitmen created by the crown prince specialized in “extrajudicial executions, rapes and torture,” according to a judicial complaint filed in 2019 by himself.

The ex-spy said that this mission sent by Riyadh fits the pattern of despotic behavior of the crown prince, initially considered a reformist, but has purged opponents since he became crown prince.

Algebra He also denounced that two of his eight children had been detained by the Saudi authorities in retaliation for their flight from the kingdom.

“I am here to sound the alarm about a psychopath, murderer, in the Middle East with infinite resources, who poses a threat to his people, to Americans and to the planet”, said.

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