RIYADH: The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday they “forgive” the killers of their father, an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row.

Khashoggi — a royal family insider-turned-critic — was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 in a case that tarnished the reputation of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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