The Saudi national arrested in Paris this week on suspicion of being involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was just a tourist who had been holidaying with a friend in France, an official familiar with the investigation said.
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The man, who was freed on Wednesday, was detained after his passport was scanned as he passed through immigration at the French capital's main international airport on his way out of the country. The official said the man was travelling on a valid visa. The Turkish warrant stated a year of birth but not the day and month, neither of which were a match, the two sources said.
"I told them I want to speak to the embassy but they wouldn't let me. I have the ambassador's personal number but they wouldn't let me use my mobile," he said. A declassified U.S. intelligence assessment released in February said Saudi's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of the operation to capture or kill Khashoggi.
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