The Saudi Crown Prince has vowed to bring the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to justice, in his first comments since some of his closest aides were implicated in the journalist's death.
Mohammed bin Salman was speaking at an investment forum in Riyadh, which many Western officials and business leaders had boycotted in the wake of the murder.
"First of all, the crime was really painful to all Saudis and I believe it is painful to every human in the world. It is a heinous crime that cannot be justified. Today Saudi Arabia is carrying out all legal things to finalize the investigation to cooperate with the Turkish government and to present the perpetrators to the court and take their judgement."
Saudi Arabia has been under mounting global pressure to clarify its conflicting accounts on what happened to Khashoggi.
The Saudis have denied accusations that the prince had a role in the killing.
