WASHINGTON — Turkey claims it has audio and video recordings proving a Saudi journalist was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, according to unnamed US and Turkish officials cited by the Washington Post. The newspaper’s columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the consulate in Istanbul on October 2 intending to get paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancée. He hasn’t been seen since. The audio recording in particular provides persuasive and gruesome evidence that a Saudi team dispatched to Istanbul was responsible for Khashoggi’s death, the Post says, quoting the officials. “The voice recording from inside the embassy lays out what happened to Jamal after he entered,” said one person with knowledge of the recording who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss highly sensitive intelligence, according to the Post. “You can hear his voice and the voices of men speaking Arabic,” the source is quoted as saying. “You can hear how he was interrogated, tortured and then murdered.” Saudi Arabia firmly denies any involvement in the disappearance of Khashoggi and says he left the consulate that afternoon. His fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, who was waiting outside says she did not see him re-emerge. Turkey has called on Saudi officials to provide evidence that he did leave the consulate. Focus on 15 men Turkish authorities believe 15 Saudi men who arrived in Istanbul on October 2 w Source: Breaking News
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