Sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveal they have granted clemency to his killers 

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Sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveal they have granted clemency to his killers

By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline and Afp

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The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday that they ‘forgive’ the killers of their father.

‘We the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we forgive and pardon those who killed our father,’ the Washington Post columnist’s son Salah Khashoggi announced on Twitter.

Khashoggi was brutally murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. He had been critical of the regime and two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were later charged with 20 others.

The tweet posted in Arabic said: ‘In this blessed night of the blessed month (of Ramadan) we remember God’s saying: “If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah.”

‘Therefore we the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we pardon and forgive those who killed our father, seeking reward God almighty.’

Jamal Khashoggi attending a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama in 2014. He was brutally killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 

The tweet posted in Arabic said: 'In this blessed night of the blessed month (of Ramadan) we remember God's saying: "If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah." 'Therefore we the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we pardon and forgive those who killed our father, seeking reward God almighty.'

The tweet posted in Arabic said: ‘In this blessed night of the blessed month (of Ramadan) we remember God’s saying: “If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah.” ‘Therefore we the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we pardon and forgive those who killed our father, seeking reward God almighty.’