Responding harshly to its critics, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has denied ever denying the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their consulate in Istanbul. Reports have been surfacing over the past two weeks that the Wall Street Journal columnist had been killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul while trying to get some official documents. But after two weeks, our investigators can confirm that Mr Khashoggi did indeed die in our consulate in Istanbul” read the state media report. “All accusations that Saudi Arabia at any point denied knowledge of what happened to Mr Khashoggi are all false” it went on to say. Meanwhile, during a press conference, a spokesperson of the consulate also denied allegations that Saudi Arabia ever denied Jamal Khashoggi’s death.

Source: Pakistan Today October 20, 2018 13:18 UTC