'Traitor, you will be brought to account!': Parts of Khashoggi tape revealed
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is heard yelling at his attackers and is called a traitor in recordings from the brutal, final hours of the Washington Post columnist's life, a Turkish newspaper reported Tuesday.
The revelations came hours before President Donald Trump issued a statement of firm support for the kingdom and its leadership – while conceding "it could very well be" that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had advance knowledge of Khashoggi's murder.
Habertürk columnist Çetiner Çeti, citing Turkish security sources, says the recordings indicate Khashoggi, a longtime critic of the Saudi government, was seized moments after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
“Release my arm! What do you think you are doing?” Khashoggi says early in a recording from a unit of the consulate that deals with visas and other routine paperwork. Habertürk reports that Khashoggi and his captors argued for about seven minutes before he was brought to another section of the consulate.
The recording from the second location included several minutes of arguing followed by the sounds of a physical fight, beating and torture, the newspaper reports.
“Traitor! You will be brought to account!’” a man says. The recording finally goes quiet. More than an hour later, another man's voice is heard saying: “It is spooky to wear the clothes of a man whom we killed 20 minutes ago."
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