How the world reacted to US report implicating Saudi Crown Prince in Khashoggi murder The vocal critic of Mohammed Bin Salman, Jamal Khashoggi was mysteriously murdered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2018 By Usama Hazari| Updated: 1st March 2021 9:00 pm IST Jamal Khashoggi. Hyderabad: The latest U.S. intelligence report, which claimed that the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the operation to kill or capture journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has drawn reactions from across the world with several people calling for action against the Crown Prince. A vocal critic of Mohammed Bin Salman, Jamal Khashoggi was mysteriously murdered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2018. The former advisor to the Saudi government and US-based journalist was living in a self-imposed exile since 2017.