Former Saudi Spymaster Claims Crown Prince Plotted to Kill King Abdullah

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th October, 2021) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly plotted to kill late King Abdullah to clear the path to the throne for his father amid tensions in the ruling family over the succession in 2014, Saad Aljabri, a former top Saudi intelligence official, said in an interview with the CBS.

Aljabri is currently embroiled in several lawsuits with the Saudi royalty. The former spymaster accuses the crown prince of sending a team to assassinate him in Canada, while the crown prince, in response, alleges that Aljabri stole billions of Dollars of Saudi money.

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.

The intelligence, according to Aljabri, took the threat seriously and the issue was handled privately within the family.

He went on to stress that the crown prince, who is also allegedly responsible for ordering the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, is a "psychopath, killer" that poses a threat to the world due to his "infinite resources."

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.

Last year, bin Nayef was reportedly arrested on charges of treason for planning a coup.