Saudi Prince said Khashoggi was dangerous Islamist: Reports

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman told the U.S. he considered murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be a dangerous Islamist, media reports say.

Hawzah News Agency (Washington, D.C., U.S.) -Prince Mohammad's reported phone call to the White House came before Saudi Arabia admitted he had been killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

During the call with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser John Bolton, Prince Mohammad Salman said Khashoggi had been a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist organisation, the Washington Post reported.

The phone call is reported to have taken place on Oct. 9, a week after Khashoggi disappeared.

Prince Mohammad also reportedly urged the White House to preserve the US-Saudi alliance.