Saudi journalist killed and hacked inside Saudi embassy in Istanbul

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Al-Jazeera reporter in Istanbul reported that the team of Turkish-Saudi joint investigation will enter to inspect the Saudi consulate building this afternoon on the background of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the consulate earlier this month.

The reporter said a Saudi team had already entered the consulate building waiting for Turkish investigators to arrive to inspect the building.

In this context, a source in the Office of the Attorney General said that the inspection will include all the rooms of the Saudi consulate and its interior, and will be used all equipment and materials necessary for the investigation and will not be an eye inspection only.

Al-Jazeera reporter reported that experts in the criminal investigation and counter-terrorism office are part of the Turkish team that will inspect the consulate.

Informed sources told Al-Jazeera that the head of the Saudi General Intelligence Khaled Al-Humaidan arrived Sunday to Turkey, and discussed with the Turkish officials Khashoggi's disappearance.

These developments come after the Turkish investigating authorities complained of what they called "procrastination by the Saudi authorities" in responding to their repeated requests to inspect the consulate and the consul's house.

The Saudi Press Agency said that King Salman bin Abdul Aziz telephoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and thanked him for welcoming the proposal of Saudi Arabia to form a joint working group to discuss the disappearance of Khashoggi.

King Salman stressed Riyadh's keenness on relations with her sister Turkey, and said that no one would get the strength of this relationship.

According to the Saudi Press Agency, Erdogan stressed his keenness to strengthen and promote and develop the distinguished historical brotherly relations between the two countries.

On the other hand, sources in the Turkish presidency said that Erdogan discussed, during contact with the Saudi king, the issue of uncovering the circumstances of the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, adding that Erdogan stressed the importance of the joint working group between the two countries to investigate the case.

Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document to complete his marriage to his fiancée Khadija Genghis, who was waiting outside the building.

Since then, no trace has been found of him. While media reports of Turkish officials have said he was killed and tortured inside the consulate by Saudi security officers, Riyadh dismisses these leaks as false accusations.

Source: Al Jazeera + Agencies