Khashoggi’s body parts found in Saudi Consul-General’s garden
Fresh
reports indicate that body parts belonging to slain Saudi journalist, Jamal
Khashoggi, have been found in Saudi Consul-General’s garden.
According to
reports, the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist had been “cut up” and his
face was “disfigured”. New York Post reports that an unstated source told Sky
News that Khashoggi’s remains were found in the garden of the Saudi consul
general’s home.
This
development comes shortly after Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
accused Saudi Arabia of plotting Khashoggi’s murder and called on Riyadh to
extradite the already identified 18 suspects.
US President
Donald Trump also criticised Saudi Arabia’s handling of the killing of
journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying authorities staged the “worst cover-up
ever”.
Asked by a
reporter in the White House how the Khashoggi killing could have happened,
Trump said on Tuesday:
They had a
very bad original concept. It was carried out poorly, and the cover-up was one
of the worst in the history of cover-ups.
“There
should have never been an execution or a cover-up, because it should have never
happened. I would say it was a total fiasco from day one.”
Khashoggi’s
death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 has caused global
outrage.
Khashoggi, a
critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was a US resident and
columnist for The Washington Post.
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