Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered: Turkish prosecutor

October 31, 2018 20:51

A Turkish prosecutor on Wednesday said that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was "dismembered and destroyed".

"In accordance with plans made in advance, the victim, Jamal Khashoggi, was choked to death immediately after entering the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul on October 2," Irfan Fidan, chief Istanbul prosecutor said in a statement.

"The victim's body was dismembered and destroyed following his death by suffocation -- again, in line with advance plans," it added.

The statement is the first public confirmation by a Turkish official that Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered after he entered the Saudi Consulate on October 2 to collect paperwork needed to marry his Turkish fiancee.

It also said that discussions with Saudi chief prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb have yielded no "concrete results" despite "good-willed efforts" by Turkey to uncover the truth.

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