The man was arrested at the Paris airport as he prepared to board a flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, French media reported.
A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of a Saudi journalist and a candle.
The images are from the same source.
Airport sources told France 24 that Khalid Alotaibi was arrested at the airport.
He was arrested on a Turkish warrant in connection with the killing of journalist, according to a French radio network.
Alotaibi had a real passport and was traveling under his own name.
The Saudi Arabian Royal Guard is tasked with protecting the King of Saudi Arabia and his relatives.
He was a Saudi journalist and columnist for the Washington Post who often criticized the Saudi crown prince. Saudi officials initially denied involvement but later said his death was the culmination of a "rogue operation" to take him from his home in Virginia. A U.S. intelligence report concluded that the prince approved the killing. Five people were sentenced to death after a trial that was mostly behind closed doors. The New York Times reported in June that four Saudi operatives were trained in the U.S. from a private contractor in a deal that was authorized by the U.S. State Department. The Crown Prince was a close ally of Donald Trump. In a 2020 interview with Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, Trump said he saved the prince's ass after he was killed. The State Department did not issue sanctions against Prince Mohammed in the year of 2018, and Trump refused to release the report on the killing despite Congress ordering it.
A suspected member of the hit squad was arrested at the airport.
One of the suspected killers of the Saudi journalist was arrested in France.
Deux meurtriers présumés du journaliste saoudien arrté Roissy.
Saudi Crown Prince approved the killing of a journalist.
