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November 13, 2018

Audio of Khashoggi's Murder May Implicate Saudi Crown Prince
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Details are emerging about the audio recordings that reportedly capture
the last moments of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's life-and
could directly implicate Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in his murder.
A member of the Saudi kill team responsible for the assassination at the
Saudi Consulate in Istanbul reportedly can be heard saying on the phone,
"tell your boss" and "the deed was done," after Khashoggi was murdered.
The call is believed to be between Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb-one of the
Saudi agents at the consulate-and an aide to the crown prince. On
Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that Canadian
intelligence officials had heard the recordings of Khashoggi's death,
after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he'd shared the
recordings with the U.S., France, Germany, Saudi Arabia and others.
Meanwhile, a reporter from the Turkish daily, pro-government Sabah
newspaper told Al Jazeera that Khashoggi's final words, as heard on the
recording were, "I'm suffocating. … Take this bag off my head, I'm
claustrophobic."


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