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A Saudi agent discussed hiding Khashoggi's remains before his death, prosecutors say
LBN thread: Turkish police raid villa outside Istanbul in search for Khashoggi's body
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Source: Washington Post
A Saudi agent discussed hiding Khashoggi’s remains before his death, prosecutors say
By Kareem Fahim November 26 at 3:46 PM
ISTANBUL — A Saudi agent involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi had discussed concealing Khashoggi’s dismembered remains during a telephone call the day before the killing, Turkish prosecutors said Monday.
During a telephone discussion on Oct. 1 between the agent, Mansour Othman M. Abbahussain, and a Saudi businessman who owns a villa in Turkey, “the conversation was regarding what would be done to destroy/hide the body of the killed journalist” after it was dismembered, a prosecutor’s statement said.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor who had written columns critical of current Saudi leaders, was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 by members of a 15-man team that had been sent to Turkey from Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish and Saudi prosecutors. His remains have not been recovered.
The phone discussion, if confirmed, bolsters Turkey’s repeated assertions that Khashoggi’s killing had been planned. Saudi prosecutors say that the agents had orders only to persuade or force Khashoggi to return to Saudi Arabia and that they killed the journalist during a struggle in the consulate.
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By Kareem Fahim November 26 at 3:46 PM
ISTANBUL — A Saudi agent involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi had discussed concealing Khashoggi’s dismembered remains during a telephone call the day before the killing, Turkish prosecutors said Monday.
During a telephone discussion on Oct. 1 between the agent, Mansour Othman M. Abbahussain, and a Saudi businessman who owns a villa in Turkey, “the conversation was regarding what would be done to destroy/hide the body of the killed journalist” after it was dismembered, a prosecutor’s statement said.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor who had written columns critical of current Saudi leaders, was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 by members of a 15-man team that had been sent to Turkey from Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish and Saudi prosecutors. His remains have not been recovered.
The phone discussion, if confirmed, bolsters Turkey’s repeated assertions that Khashoggi’s killing had been planned. Saudi prosecutors say that the agents had orders only to persuade or force Khashoggi to return to Saudi Arabia and that they killed the journalist during a struggle in the consulate.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-saudi-agent-discussed-hiding-khashoggis-remains-before-his-death-prosecutors-say/2018/11/26/756f9f3e-f193-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html