Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside the consulate, two Turkish sources said on Saturday. “The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that Mr Khashoggi has been killed at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. We believe that the murder was premeditated and the body was subsequently moved out of the consulate,” one of the two Turkish officials told Reuters. A Saudi source at the consulate denied Mr Khashoggi had been killed at the mission and said in a statement that the accusations were baseless. The Turkish source said Turkish officials were trying to identify them.

Source: The Irish Times October 07, 2018 06:33 UTC