Khashoggi's possessions found during search of consulate vehicle
Turkish and Saudi officials on Tuesday arrived at a parking lot to examine a diplomatic car belonging to the Saudi Consulate, security sources said. The investigators have found two suitcases which contained personal belongings of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a search of a Saudi consulate vehicle, which Turkish police found in the Istanbul's Sultangazi district.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 23 October 2018
- Modified Date: 07:23 | 23 October 2018
Crime scene investigators have found two suitcases which contained personal belongings of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a search of a Saudi consulate vehicle in Istanbul, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday.
A Reuters witness said a Saudi team was accompanying the Turkish investigators as they carried out the search in a car park where the vehicle was found in Istanbul's Sultangazi district on Monday.
Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, had gone missing since entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
After days of denying to know his whereabouts, Saudi Arabia on Saturday claimed Khashoggi died during a fight inside the consulate.
On the day of Khashoggi's disappearance, 15 other Saudis, including several officials, arrived in Istanbul on two planes and visited the consulate while he was still inside, according to Turkish police sources. All of the identified individuals have since left Turkey.
A joint Turkish-Saudi team completed an investigation into the case on Thursday after searching the residence of the consul general as well as the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
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