Nigeria, June 19 -- A United Nations special rapporteur has found that the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated.

Mr Khashoggi, 60, was killed shortly after entering the Saudi embassy in Istanbul in October 2018.

In a highly anticipated report, the UN special investigator Agnes Callamard found that Mr Khashoggi was a victim of a "deliberate, pre-meditated execution" and held Saudi Arabia responsible for the "extra-judicial killing" under international law.

Mr Khashoggi was a columnist for the Washington Post. His death has continued to stir worldwide diplomatic backlash against Saudi Arabia.

Although Saudi initially denied involvement of the killing, independent investigation later found that Saudi actors...