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Khashoggi murder: Turkey gives official details of Saudi writer's death | Khashoggi murder: Turkey gives official details of Saudi writer's death |
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Turkey has given its first official statement on how it believes writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed, saying he was immediately strangled. | |
The statement follows weeks of media reports about the murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. Turkey has yet to provide evidence. | |
Chief prosecutor Irfan Fidan said a meeting with his Saudi counterpart on Monday yielded "no concrete results". | |
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the meeting. | Saudi Arabia has not commented on the meeting. |
The Turkish statement said: "In accordance with plans made in advance, the victim, Jamal Khashoggi, was choked to death immediately after entering the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia." | The Turkish statement said: "In accordance with plans made in advance, the victim, Jamal Khashoggi, was choked to death immediately after entering the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia." |
His body was then dismembered and destroyed - "again, in line with advance plans", it added. | His body was then dismembered and destroyed - "again, in line with advance plans", it added. |
Saudi Arabia, at first, denied any knowledge of the death, saying Khashoggi - a well-known government critic - had walked out of the building alive after coming for a meeting. | |
The Gulf state then admitted Khashoggi's killing was premeditated and a result of a "rogue operation". It said it has arrested 18 suspects, who will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia. | The Gulf state then admitted Khashoggi's killing was premeditated and a result of a "rogue operation". It said it has arrested 18 suspects, who will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia. |
Turkey wants the suspects to be extradited. Its authorities remain frustrated at a perceived lack of co-operation by Saudi Arabia, according to the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul. | Turkey wants the suspects to be extradited. Its authorities remain frustrated at a perceived lack of co-operation by Saudi Arabia, according to the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul. |