Turkey says Jamal Khashoggi was 'strangled, dismembered' in Saudi consulate

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, entered Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate on October 2.

File Photos Of Jamal Khashoggi — File photo dated 2014 of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Source: Press Association

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Published 1 November 2018 7:41am

Updated 1 November 2018 8:30am

By May Rizk

Source: AFP, SBS

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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and his body was dismembered and destroyed as part of a premeditated plan, Turkey's chief prosecutor said Wednesday, making details of the murder public for the first time.