Saudi Arabia finally confirms the death of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi and 18 top officials have been detained
Saudi Arabia has just announced that Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident
Saudi journalist who disappeared in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, is
dead.
Eighteen Saudi officials have been arrested and are being
investigated in connection with the case, according to a statement
released through state-run media.
In the statement, the kingdom’s public prosecutor said that an
investigation had found that an argument broke out between Khashoggi and
men who met him inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd,
leading to “a fistfight that led to his death.”
Turkish officials have said that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered
inside the consulate by a team of 15 Saudi agents who had flown in to
meet him. His body has yet to be found.
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