This looks like DS PSYOPS to me. Too many people who in the past didn't give a crap about what the Saudis did, are now screeching like banshees.
I admit I haven’t followed the story very closely. Too much disinfo until the dust settles.
It could all be a form of ‘inoculation’. E.g. ‘he was cut into pieces!’ which becomes ‘oh, he was just strangled. That’s better.’