{UAH} Children of Jamal Khashoggi receive ‘blood money’ from Saudi government: report
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Children of Jamal Khashoggi receive 'blood money' from Saudi government: report
The children of Jamal Khashoggi, the slain Saudi-American journalist, were given million-dollar houses and large monthly payments as "blood money" by the Middle Eastern country in compensation for the killing of their father, a report said Monday.
The children also stand to be offered other enormous payouts — possibly tens of millions of dollars a piece — as part of a negotiation set to begin when their father's alleged killers go on trial in the coming months, the Washington Post reported.
The gifts and payments, which have been given to Khashoggi's two sons and one daughter, are "blood money" settlements aimed at keeping the children from criticizing the Saudi government, which likely ordered Khashoggi's killing, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed Saudi officials and people close to the family.
The homes and the monthly payments of $10,000 or more were approved by King Salman, according to the Washington Post, who said one official described the payments as an effort "to make a wrong right."
Khashoggi, a former columnist at the Washington Post who wrote critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.
Despite his slaying and reports that the Saudi government was integrally involved in his death, Khashoggi's children have refrained from making public statements condemning the government.
In November, Khashoggi's two daughters, Noha Khashoggi and Razan Jamal Khashoggi, wrote a story in the Washington Post about their father's death, but did criticize the Saudi Government for the killing.
"Dad was no dissident," they wrote. "If being a writer was ingrained in his identity, being a Saudi was part of that same grain."
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