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The Grand Turk
Police Search Saudi's Villa in NW Turkey for 'Khashoggi Remains'
2018-11-27
[AnNahar] Ottoman Turkish police on Monday were searching the villa of a Saudi citizen in a northwestern province for the remains of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The officers began searching a two-story building in Termal district in Yalova with the help of sniffer dogs and drones before the investigation widened to the adjacent villa, state news agency Anadolu said.

Khashoggi, a contributor for The Washington Post, was killed by Saudi officials on October 2 during a visit to the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul for paperwork before his wedding.

The first villa to be searched is owned by a Saudi man whom the Istanbul prosecutor said had spoken to one of the murder suspects on October 1.

"It is believed that what was discussed was how to destroy or hide journalist Jamal Khashoggi's body after his dismemberment during this conversation," the prosecutor said in a statement.

The prosecutor added this information was the reason given to search the building.

Crime scene Sherlocks were inspecting a well in the first villa's garden in Samanli village, Anadolu earlier said, while images showed fire trucks at the scene.

Ottoman Turkish prosecutors say Khashoggi was strangled before he was dismembered.

His body has not been found and his death has triggered widespread international criticism of Riyadh. There have been reports in pro-government media that the journalist's remains could have been dissolved in acid.

The searches on Monday came more than two weeks after Sabah daily reported that samples taken from the consulate drains showed traces of acid.

Ottoman Turkish authorities say a team of 15 Saudi officials were sent to kill Khashoggi, who was 59, but Riyadh insists the liquidation team conducted a rogue operation.

Anadolu said the Saudi who owned the villa in question is a businessman who was not in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
during multiple phone calls with the suspects.

There have been previous inspections of the Saudi consulate and the consul-general's residence in Istanbul as well as a forest in the city.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  The Bitch Washington Post set him up!

Pass it on.
Posted by: Thumper Hupineque1276   2018-11-27 21:45  

#5  Actually, some reports say that Khashoggi was dissolved in acid...so what are they looking for?

This is just propaganda to keep this on the front page, aka anything to bash Trump

Al Alwaki to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-11-27 15:04  

#4  "And Jimmy Hoffa'
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-11-27 12:59  

#3  "Khashoggi's remains were not found. We did find another of Gulen's victims, however: The Lindbergh Baby"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-27 10:57  

#2  damn, how much longer we gonna have too hear about this shit?
Posted by: chris   2018-11-27 09:57  

#1  Idiots. If you wanted to dispose of a body in Istanbul, the Bosporous is right there.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-11-27 06:51  

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