London – Britain will revoke the visas of Saudi Arabian suspects involvedin the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Prime Minister Theresa Maysaid on Wednesday.

“The Home Secretary is taking action against all suspects to prevent thementering the UK. If these individuals currently have visas, those visaswill be revoked today,” May told a session of parliament.

Britain´s actions follow a similar move made on Tuesday by the UnitedStates.

Khashoggi´s death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 has piledmore pressure on May´s government to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, whichhas been waging a three-year bombing campaign in Yemen.

Asked whether she will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel´s decision tosuspend arms sales to Riyadh, May insisted that Britain´s defence exportcontrols were “among the strictest in the world”.

She said the Saudi arms sales policy was “under review”, echoing commentsmade by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in parliament on Monday.

May added that she will continue to pile diplomatic pressure on Saudileaders to complete a swift and transparent investigation, and would bespeaking to Saudi King Salman later Wednesday.

“The foreign secretary and the foreign ministers and our ambassador havebeen making our position very clear to the Saudi Arabians,” she said.

“I myself expect to speak to King Salman later today.”

British media have reported that Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, the man named byTurkish media as the leader of the operation against Khashoggi, used towork at the Saudi embassy in London. – APP/AFP