After two weeks denying any involvement, Saudi Arabia officially stated on Saturday 20 October that the dissident journalist died during a fight in the consulate building. However, an hour later, another Saudi official attributed the death to a chokehold. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said: “This was an operation where individuals ended up exceeding the authorities and responsibilities they had […] They made the mistake when they killed Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate and they tried to cover up for it”, but the question that is now triggering more debate is the one regarding who that “they” is, to what Saudi Official alleged that Mohammed bin Salman had not been aware of Khashoggi’s case. Late on Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency said both Saudi King Salman and Prince Mohammed had called Khashoggi’s son to express their condolences. As international pressure grows on Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi’s murder, the question for Western powers seems to be whether punitive sanctions have to be promoted, although some ally countries like the US claimed they could not allow to lose Saudi Arabia’s strategic partnership. Trump stated that the US would not forgo arms deals with Riyadh: “They would buy it from China, they would buy it from Russia, so what could this add to us? There are other things we can do.” Meanwhile, three EU countries, Germany, Britain and France, pressed Riyadh to provide facts on Khashoggi’s murder, and in an official press conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that they would not export arms to Saudi Arabia while there was still uncertainty over Khashoggi’s fate. She stated: “There is an urgent need to clarify what happened […] Arm export can’t take place under these circumstances.” Whereas in Saudi Arabia, King Salman ordered the dismissal of five officials, including Saud al-Qahtani, a royal court adviser and right-hand man to the Prince, and deputy intelligence chief Ahmed Asiri.