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Al Jazeera: Khashoggi’s murder – 1 year on, here’s what we know

Published Oct. 1, 2019 at 10:48 am

A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, on Oct. 8, 2018, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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On October 2, 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage to his Turkish fiance, Hatice Cengiz. The 59-year-old never exited the building.

In the days that followed, Turkish officials said Khashoggi, who wrote columns critical of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in the Washington Post, was killed and dismembered by 15 Saudi intelligence operatives.