Jamal Khashoggi ‘strangled immediately’ in Saudi consulate

Turkish officials release statement confirming journalist was dismembered after killing

Jamal Khashoggi
Vigils were held yesterday for Saudi Arabian dissident, activist and columnist Jamal Khashoggi
(Image credit: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images)

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled almost immediately after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, according to the first in-depth report from the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office.

Khashoggi, who had been a critic of the Saudi regime, was then dismembered, it said.

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