A MAN appearing to wear Jamal Khashoggi’s clothes can be seen on surveillance video leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after the journalist was killed there, according to reports.
CNN aired footage of a man in Khashoggi’s shirt, suit jacket and trousers. It cited a Turkish official as describing the man as a member of the Saudi team allegedly sent to Istanbul to target the writer.
The man is seen leaving the consulate via its back exit with an accomplice then taking a taxi to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, where he went into a public toilet, changed out of the clothes and left.
The footage appeared after it emerged a member of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage made four calls to his office from the consulate the day Khashoggi disappeared.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to detail Khashoggi’s killing “in all its nakedness”, raising international pressure on Saudi Arabia.
The kingdom’s recent claim that Khashoggi died in a “fistfight” was met with scepticism and allegations of a cover-up to absolve the crown prince of direct responsibility.
Turkish media reports maintain a 15-member Saudi team flew to Istanbul knowing Khashoggi would arrive to pick up a document he needed in order to get married.
Reports also claimed once he was inside, the Saudis accosted Khashoggi, cut off his fingers, then killed and dismembered him.
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