In apparent mix-up, France releases man suspected of Khashoggi murder links - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Dec 8, 2021

Turkish writer Hatice Cengiz (R), fiancee of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, poses next to a portrait of Khashoggi. — Turkish writer Hatice Cengiz (R), fiancee of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, poses next to a portrait of Khashoggi after unveiling it on the National Mall in Washington, DC., on Oct. 1, 2021, during a memorial ceremony marking the third anniversary of his murder at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. — NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images

ISTANBUL — A Saudi national detained in France over suspected ties to the murder case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was released Wednesday after officials determined the arrest to be a case of mistaken identity.

French police arrested a man named Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi before he attempted to board a Riyadh-bound plane at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris Dec. 7.

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