The last hours of Jamal Khashoggi

The journalist was killed minutes after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the New York Times reports.

Jamal Khashoggi had come to get a document for his wedding. A few minutes after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, he was dead. An audio recording of his assassination, described in the New York Times by a Turkish official, offers gruesome details about what would have happened to the editorialist of the Washington Post this afternoon of 2 October.

When he was taken to the Saudi consul's office, the journalist criticizing the regime in Ryad was immediately assaulted by the fifteen or so agents who had come straight from the oil kingdom. He was hit, then his fingers were cut off and his body dismembered, told the Turkish official in the New York Times, which does not say that Jamal Khashoggi suffered the torture while he was still alive. In cutting the body, the team's lawyer, who listened to music, suggested that his colleagues do the same thing.

The journalist's remains sought

The description of the recording by the New York Times joins the information published last week by the Washington Post, according to which Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the very heart of the Saudi consulate. The New York newspaper added that the commando was equipped with a bone saw. The Saudi authorities have so far denied any responsibility for the journalist's disappearance, but the leaks organized by the Turkish authorities are increasing the pressure, even if they are currently distilled on condition of anonymity. On Friday, Turkey said it would not provide any registration in the US, despite requests, while President Donald Trump said for the first time on Thursday that Jamal Khashoggi "looks good" to be dead.

Turkey is now looking for the remains of Jamal Khashoggi. Vehicles leaving the Saudi consulate on 2 October, visible on CCTV footage broadcast by Turkish TV channels, led the investigators to the Belgrad Forest, near Istanbul, as well as to the outskirts of the city. Yalova, 90km south of the capital, according to Reuters. The dismembered body of the journalist could be hidden in "a farm or a villa", according to a Turkish official.

A relative of the Crown Prince who was held responsible.

On Wednesday, the investigators searched the residence of the Saudi consul and visited the consulate a second time, already raided on the night of Monday to Tuesday. The two buildings are very close. At the residence, the investigators examined the garden, and a drone was used to fly over the area twice. Samples were taken in search of Jamal Khashoggi's DNA, a Turkish official told Reuters. On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that objects had been repainted in the consulate, the agency reported.

Despite their denials, the Saudis would prepare to admit a certain level of responsibility in the death of Jamal Khashoggi. On Monday, CNN revealed that the explanation of the interrogation went wrong. On Thursday, the New York Times gave the name of a close relative of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who could be accused of failing to comply with the terms of his mission, namely the kidnapping of the journalist for the purpose of interrogation. Saudi Arabia. Enough to whitewash the prince? Not sure. On Tuesday, the American newspaper reported that one of the members of the Saudi team is part of his entourage. And three others were linked to the prince's security services.

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