Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered his country’s consulate in Istanbul and his body was then dismembered and destroyed, Turkish authorities said. They accused high-level officials of ordering the murder that has unleashed international fury against the kingdom.
The charges came in a rare statement to the press from Istanbul’s chief prosecutor and in remarks by the ruling party’s spokesman late on Wednesday in a clear signal that Turkey is not dropping its pressure campaign on Saudi Arabia in the wake of Khashoggi’s brutal killing in Istanbul Oct. 2.
