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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman boasted a few years ago that he could kill King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, The Washington Post reports. Such an accusation against Salman came from the mouth of a former high-ranking Saudi intelligence officer, Saad Al Jabri.
So, in 2014, bin Salman boasted that he could kill the king with a poisoned ring from Russia. To do this, it was allegedly enough just to shake hands with a person. At the same time, Al Jabri did not hear the prince’s statement personally. At that time, bin Salman did not hold any important posts.
Al Jabri noted that he has a video recording of bin Salman’s conversation with another prince. Muhammad bin Naif. The threat could have been made at this meeting. However, it is not yet clear whether this was a real threat or a joke.
Earlier, the US National Intelligence provided a report in which it accused Prince Mohammed bin Salman of organizing an operation to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, as well as of numerous abuses in Saudi Arabia itself.