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Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi

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Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi

Birth
Medina, Al-Madīnah, Saudi Arabia
Death
2 Oct 2018 (aged 59)
Istanbul, Türkiye
Burial
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Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, columnist, author and the former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al Arab News Channel.

He was internationally respected for his contributions to Al Watan for becoming a platform for Saudi progressives.

He fled Saudi Arabia on 18 September 2017, and has been regularly posting articles critical to his home country.

On 2 October 2018, Khashoggi was detained in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Turkish sources say they believe that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, by a 15 -member team "murder" team from Saudi Arabia.

Khashoggi entered the Saudi’s consulate in Istanbul on 2 October to obtain a document he needed to get married but never came out. On 3 October, the Saudi government said he had left the consulate, the Turkish government said he was still inside, and his fiancée and friends said he was still missing.

The Turkish police maintains that he had been tortured and murdered by a 15-member Saudi death squad sent to Istanbul from Saudi Arabia.
Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, columnist, author and the former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al Arab News Channel.

He was internationally respected for his contributions to Al Watan for becoming a platform for Saudi progressives.

He fled Saudi Arabia on 18 September 2017, and has been regularly posting articles critical to his home country.

On 2 October 2018, Khashoggi was detained in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Turkish sources say they believe that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, by a 15 -member team "murder" team from Saudi Arabia.

Khashoggi entered the Saudi’s consulate in Istanbul on 2 October to obtain a document he needed to get married but never came out. On 3 October, the Saudi government said he had left the consulate, the Turkish government said he was still inside, and his fiancée and friends said he was still missing.

The Turkish police maintains that he had been tortured and murdered by a 15-member Saudi death squad sent to Istanbul from Saudi Arabia.

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