Turkish TV airs footage showing men carrying 'Khashoggi's body parts'
What's the story
A Turkish television station has broadcast CCTV footage showing men carrying cases and bags, which it says contained slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's body parts.
The images shown on A-Haber television late Sunday feature three men carrying five suitcases and two large black bags into the home of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul, only a few kilometers away from where Khashoggi was murdered.
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Khashoggi's dismembered body is inside the cases, bags, says A-Haber
Suudi Arabistan'ın İstanbul Başkonsolosluğunda katledilen gazeteci Kaşıkçı cinayetine ilişkin özel görüntüler A Haber’e ulaştı. A Haber ekranlarında ilk kez izleyeceğiniz o görüntülerde Kaşıkçı'nın parçalanmış bedeninin olduğu bavulların konsolosluk konutuna taşındığı görülüyor pic.twitter.com/ojqJ4AxyL3
— A Haber (@Ahaber) December 31, 2018
Incident
Riyadh called Khashoggi's murder as a 'rogue' operation
The residence lies a short distance from the Saudi consulate where Khashoggi was murdered in October in a killing that has tested Riyadh's relations with the West.
Citing unnamed Turkish sources, A-Haber said Khashoggi's dismembered body was inside the cases and bags.
Khashoggi was killed on October 2 shortly after entering the kingdom's consulate in what Riyadh called a "rogue" operation.
Details
Khashoggi's body parts were dissolved in acid: Reports
Khashoggi was strangled before he was cut up into pieces by a team of 15 Saudis sent to Istanbul for the killing, according to Turkish officials, with media reports suggesting the parts were dissolved in acid.
The consulate and the residence were searched by the Turkish authorities in October along with several other locations but Khashoggi's body has still not been found.
Information
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly rejected Turkish demands to extradite suspects
There has been speculation that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the hit but Riyadh has absolved the de facto leader of any blame. Saudi Arabia has also repeatedly rejected Turkish demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of the journalist.
Background
The journalist was a critic of the crown prince
The 59-year-old was a fierce critic of the crown prince.
Reports said that he was killed by a team of 15 Saudi operatives who used a saw to cut his body.
A-Haber said the bags and suitcases were put into a minibus, which traveled the short distance from the consulate to a garage at the residence.
The men were then seen taking them inside.