[2] According to a report from the New York Times, the personnel that would make up the Rapid Intervention Force originally received paramilitary training from Tier 1 Group sometime before 2017.

Louis Bremer from Tier 1 Group's parent company, Cerberus Capital Management, insisted the training was only for protective security of MbS, and not for carrying out targeted assassinations.

[1] According to the Middle East Eyes source, the Tiger Squad was formed in 2017 and as of October 2018[update], and consists of 50 secret service and military personnel.

[4] The Middle East Eye source said the Tiger Squad assassinates dissidents using varying methods such as planned car accidents, house fires, or injecting toxic substances into adversaries during regular health checkups.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman had selected five members of his personal security team to serve in the Tiger squad.

[3] In a later report, Middle East Eye stated seven members of the 15-member death squad were Mohammed bin Salman's personal bodyguards.

[13][14] The Tiger Squad also reportedly killed Suleiman Abdul Rahman al-Thuniyan, a Saudi court judge who was murdered by injection of a deadly virus into his body when he had visited a hospital for a regular health checkup.