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| Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, was killed shortly after entering the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2 (AFP Photo/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH) |
VietPress USA (Dec, 9th, 2018): Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (born on 3 October 1958 – Murdered on 2 October 2018) was a Saudi Arabian journalist, dissident, author, and a former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi Government when he want there to obtain documents related to his planned marriage with a Turkish lady.
Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. He said that the Saudi Arabian government had "banned him from Twitter", and he later wrote newspaper articles critical of the Saudi government. Khashoggi had been sharply critical of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, and the country's king, Salman of Saudi Arabia. He also opposed the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, but did not leave the building. initially the Saudi Arabian government denied the death, claiming Khashoggi had left the consulate alive, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that Turkey has evidences that Khashoggi killed and dismembered inside Saudi Arabian consulte in Istanbul. The first tape recorded from this assassination of Jamal Khashoggie sent to some top Countries' leaders, including UN and USA.
An inspection of Saudi Arabian consulate, by Saudi Arabian and Turkish officials, took place on 15 October. On 20 October Saudi Arabia said that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, claiming he had been strangled to death after a fight had broken out.
This was later contradicted when, on 25 October, Saudi Arabia's attorney general stated that the murder was premeditated.
On 16 November 2018, the Washington Post and other news media reported that the CIA had concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi's assassination.
On 20 November 2018, this conclusion was disputed without any evidence by US President Donald Trump, who stated that the investigation had to continue and that his administration will stand with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
To show the evidence, a second tape recorded the final minutes of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi leaked to some World's leaders and Media outlets.
The 11-minute audio, the contents of which are revealed for the first time, was released on Monday evening by Turkish news website Haberturk that heard the killers call him a “traitor”.
It is suspected that Mr Khashoggi was strangled before he was dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
Jamal Khashoggi is heard shouting at his killers to release his arm in a chilling audio recording of his brutal murders of "15-member hit squad" that: "Release my arm! What do you think you are doing?"
Turkey Government said it has shared an audio recording of the murder with countries including the UK, US, France, Germany and Canada.
The Turkish newspaper Haberturk has published claims that Mr Khashoggi was immediately grabbed by four men from the 15-member hit squad as soon as he entered the building.
The recording includes sounds of a physical fight, a beating and torture, Haberturk reported.
Later, one of the killers allegedly says: "It is spooky to wear the clothes of a man whom we killed 20 minutes ago."
He complains that Mr Khashoggi's black leather shoes are too small for his feet, and he is told to wear his own trainers.
It is claimed that Mustafa al-Madani put on the dead journalist's clothes and impersonated him in the street in an attempt to make it look like Mr Khashoggi left the consulate alive.
CCTV footage shows him walking along a pavement after the murder. In the video, he is wearing black and white trainers.
It is today, CNN said Sunday, citing a source who has read the transcript of an audio tape of the final moments before the journalist's murder that Jamal Khashoggi's final words were "I can't breathe!".
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'I can't breathe' were Khashoggi's final words, report says
Washington (AFP) - Jamal Khashoggi's final words were "I can't breathe," CNN said Sunday, citing a source who has read the transcript of an audio tape of the final moments before the journalist's murder.
The source told the US network the transcript made clear the killing was premeditated, and suggests several phone calls were made to give briefings on the progress.
CNN said Turkish officials believe those calls were made to top officials in Riyadh.
Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to The Washington Post, was killed shortly after entering the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
The transcript of the gruesome recording includes descriptions of Khashoggi struggling against his murderers, CNN said, and references sounds of the dissident journalist's body "being dismembered by a saw."
The original transcript was prepared by Turkish intelligence services, and CNN said its source read a translation version and was briefed on the probe into the journalist's death.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Sunday meanwhile rejected demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of Khashoggi as sought by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan has repeatedly called on Saudi Arabia to hand over suspects in the killing. According to Turkey, a 15-member Saudi team was sent to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia, however, holds that it was a "rogue" operation gone wrong -- a claim undercut by the reported transcript.
For his part US President Donald Trump has refrained from blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, even though the CIA reportedly concluded that he ordered the assassination.
The murder has damaged Riyadh's international reputation and Western countries including the United States, France and Canada have placed sanctions on nearly 20 Saudi nationals.
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