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Turkish Sources: Police Think Journalist Was Killed at Consulate

by Reuters

   ANKARA --

   Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal
   Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia's
   consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside the consulate, two Turkish
   sources said Saturday.

   "The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that Mr. Khashoggi has
   been killed at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. We believe
   that the murder was premeditated and the body was subsequently moved
   out of the consulate," one of the sources, a Turkish official, told
   Reuters.

   The sources did not say how they believed the killing was carried out.