“PSYCHOPATH, KILLER”: SAUDI SPYMASTER CLAIMS CROWN PRINCE PLOTTED TO KILL KING ABDULLAH

Mon 25 October 2021:

During tensions in the royal family over the succession in 2014, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly conspired to kill late King Abdullah to clear the way for his father to succeed to the throne, according to Saad Aljabri, a former top Saudi intelligence official.

Former Saudi spymaster Saad Aljabri says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman fears what he knows, including Aljabri’s claim that there was a 2014 meeting in which MBS said he could kill the sitting king using a poison ring he obtained from Russia. https://t.co/mJjPd6NOx3 pic.twitter.com/phmbVBC96w

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 24, 2021

Aljabri is now involved in a number of legal battles with Saudi monarchy. The former spymaster claims that the crown prince sent a team to murder him in Canada, while the crown prince claims that Aljabri stole billions of dollars from the Saudi government.

In the interview, Aljabri claimed that in 2014, Mohammed bin Salman suggested to his cousin and then head of intelligence, Mohammed bin Nayef, that he could arrange to kill then ruling King Abdullah using “a poison ring from Russia.”

“He told him, ‘I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia.

It’s enough for me just to shake hand with him and he will be done,'” Aljabri said.

“I have to speak out. I am appealing to the American people and to the American administration to help me to release those children and to restore their life,” says former Saudi spy Saad Aljabri. Two of his children are being detained in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/JdbNcOVKrN pic.twitter.com/oyQXTXCvkK

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 24, 2021

According to Aljabri, the threat was taken seriously by intelligence, and the matter was addressed privately within the family.

He went on to say that the crown prince, who is also accused of ordering the murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, is a “psychopath, killer” with “infinite resources” who poses a threat to the world.

“I am here to sound the alarm about a psychopath, killer, in the Middle East with infinite resources, who poses threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet,” says former Saudi spy Saad Aljabri about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. https://t.co/sMleGwQpsr pic.twitter.com/XSgxH5r3DL

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 24, 2021

King Abdullah died in 2015 at the age of 90 and was succeeded by his half-brother Salman, Mohammed bin Salman’s father. Mohammed bin Nayef was named as crown prince, but was stripped of all royal and state titles by King Salman in 2017, while Mohammed bin Salman was made heir to the throne. The ousted crown prince was put under house arrest for reasons not disclosed to the public.

Bin Nayef was reportedly detained on treason charges last year for plotting a coup.