Khashoggi: friends hold vigil at Saudi consulate

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Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Journalist

Dozens of people gathered outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Thursday in a vigil to demand “full justice’’ for Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, killed after entering the building on Oct. 2

Several carried cardboard images of his face and signs reading “Khashoggi’s friends”. One, his hands painted red, wore a mask depicting the face of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the crown prince, disappeared after entering the consulate.

Saudi officials initially denied having anything to do with the disappearance, before changing that account to say an internal investigation suggested Khashoggi was accidentally killed in a botched operation to return him to the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday that the murder was premeditated.

“On this occasion, and from this place where the spirit of Jamal has been lost, we clearly…



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