Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish prosecutors plan to seek the extradition of 18 suspects in the slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi so they can be prosecuted.
Anadolu Agency said Friday the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office submitted its request to Turkey's Justice Ministry. The news agency says Turkey's Foreign Ministry would formally request the extraditions.
Saudi Arabia has said it arrested 18 people in connection with Khashoggi's killing at the Saudi Consulate on Oct.2. Turkey alleges a 15-member "hit squad" was sent to Istanbul to kill the journalist, a critic of the Saudi royal family who lived in exile in the United States.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the three others detained were consulate employees.
