Show us where Jamal Khashoggi’s body is: Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan has revealed Turkey has new information about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Saudi Arabia to disclose the location of the body of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi and says Turkey has more information about the case than it has shared so far.
Mr Erdogan also said Riyadh needs to disclose the identity of the “local cooperator” who purportedly took Mr Khashoggi’s body from Saudi agents after the journalist was killed at the consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
Speaking to provincial members of his AK Party in parliament, Mr Erdogan said Saudi’s public prosecutor was due to meet the Istanbul prosecutor in Istanbul on Sunday.
Mr Erdogan said the investigators have uncovered more documents and information which will be revealed “when the time is right’’.
The Turkish newspaper Yeni Safek has reported that following interrogation of Turkish consulate staff, investigators now believe some of Mr Khashoggi’s remains are located in the bottom of the 12m well in the grounds of the consul’s home. However Turkish authorities have only been given permission to test the water in the well, and not anything that may be in it. The paper, quoting a police report, said Khashoggi was killed by drowning in the consul general’s office. Forensic scientist Tubaigy cut the body into three main pieces, including decapitating him and the body pieces were stuffed into suitcases for transportation to the consul general’s home several hundred metres away.
Saudi prosecutors said Thursday that Turkish evidence indicates that the killing was premeditated.
Saudi revokes Salah Khashoggi’s travel ban
The son of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi has left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom revoked a travel ban and allowed him to go to the United States. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino says Washington welcomes the decision.
It’s the latest turn in the saga of the killed Saudi writer and dissident after the kingdom on Thursday cited evidence showing that his killing was premeditated — changing its story again to try to ease international outrage over the macabre circumstances of Mr Khashoggi’s October 2 death at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had discussed the case of Mr Khashoggi’s son, Salah Khashoggi, during his recent visit to the kingdom, making it “clear to Saudi leaders” that Washington wanted the son to return to the United States.
— Additional reporting by AP and Reuters
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