MISSING CRITIC OF RIYADH
Saudis to allow Turkey to hunt for journalist
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor who wrote for Arab and Western media, vanished last Tuesday after visiting the consulate
Saudi Arabia has agreed to let Turkish authorities search the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate after prominent journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi went missing last week, says the Turkish foreign ministry. "Saudi authorities said they were open to co-operation and that a search can be conducted at the consulate building," ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy said in a statement. The search will take place as part of the official investigation, which was being conducted "in an intense manner", he said. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor who wrote for Arab and Western media, vanished last Tuesday after visiting the consulate. Turkish police were looking into two private aircraft that landed at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Tuesday at different times carrying 15 people of interest in the case, as well as the possibility that Khashoggi was kidnapped and taken aboard one of the planes, local media reported. Previously Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Bloomberg Riyadh would be...
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