Witness heard 'screams, a struggle, then silence' inside Saudi consulate

Source was there at the same time as Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish investigators say
Saudi has failed to release any proof exiled journalist left Istanbul consulate alive

Identities of an alleged 15-member Saudi assassination squad surfaced

It is said to include a special forces officer and members of the royal guard





Moments before exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared from the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, a witness claims to have heard screams for help.
A source, who was inside the consulate last Tuesday afternoon when Khashoggi arrived to pick up official documents ahead of his upcoming wedding, has spoken to investigators.
The anonymous person said they heard 'sounds of loud screams and shouting, as well as calls for help and the sound of a struggle and then sudden silence,' according to Al Jazeera.
Witness accounts: Moments before journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared from the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, a witness claims to have heard screams for help
Further evidence that Mr Khashoggi never left the consulate include screen grabs from a WhatsApp chat showing he used his phone minutes before entering the building - and then never again


Further evidence that Mr Khashoggi never left the consulate has emerged today, as screenshots of his WhatsApp account shows that he last used his mobile phone minutes before entering the building - when he was sent a link to a MailOnline article regarding a prominent Saudi.
The screenshots, obtained by NBC News, show the WhatsApp conversation between Mr Khashoggi and a US friend, which indicated that the last time he was active on his phone was at 1.06pm Istanbul time.



Just eight minutes later, at 1.14pm, he was caught on CCTV as he entered the Saudi Arabian consulate.
The friend sent a message to Mr Khashoggi at 1.24pm - a message which was received, but never read.
His fiancee Hatice Cengiz says he left one mobile phone with her before he went into the building, however NBC News reports on claims the journalist had a second phone which he brought with him inside.
Investigators are confident they may be able to discover Mr Khashoggi's fate, using data collected from his Apple Watch - which was connected to the phone he left with Ms Cengiz.
Partner: Hatice Cengiz, 36, who waited outside for hours for her fiance Khashoggi to return, has spoken of being left in a 'state of deep confusion and sadness'
Despite there being a number of visible CCTV cameras - ringed in red - Saudi Arabia claims none of them worked on the day in question
TIMELINE: WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MR KHASHOGGI'S DISAPPEARANCE

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TIMELINE: WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MR KHASHOGGI'S DISAPPEARANCE

OCTOBER 2
03:28: Gulf Stream IV private jet carrying suspected Saudi agents arrives at Istanbul airport.
05:05: The group checking into two hotels nearby to the Saudi consulate building.
12:13: Several diplomatic vehicles are filmed arriving at the consulate, allegedly carrying some of the Saudi agents.
13:06: Jamal Khashoggi is last seen on WhatsApp. He then hands his mobile to his fiancée Hatice Cengiz.
13:14: Khashoggi enters the consulate building.
13.24: A message is delivered to Khashoggi's WhatsApp – but it is never read.
15:08: Vehicles leave the consulate and are filmed arriving at the nearby Saudi consul's residence.
17:15: A second private jet carrying a number of suspected Saudi officials lands in Istanbul.
17:33: Khashoggi's Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, is seen on CCTV waiting outside the consulate.
18:20: One of the private jets departs from Istanbul airport.
21:00: The final plane leaves Istanbul.
OCTOBER 3
The Washington Post, for whom Khashoggi writes opinion pieces, raises the alarm, saying Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the consulate.
OCTOBER 4
After an initial period of silence, Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi had disappeared 'after he left the consulate building'.
*All times in Istanbul time.



Earlier today, Ms Cengiz spoke of being left 'in a state of deep confusion and sadness', blaming herself for her partner's disappearance.
'I have this strange feeling like I have failed to look after something so dear,' she told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
The 36-year-old described how she is now embarking on the heartbreaking task of cancelling all their wedding preparations.
'It has been a heavy burden to have to stop or even cancel everything we had started,' she said.
'We were planning a life between Washington and Istanbul. Like everyone else, were just hoping to live a happy life. '
The mystery has captivated the world, and is already threatening to hurt efforts by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to improve the image of his country around the globe.
Britain has today warned Saudi Arabia of 'serious consequences' if it turns out Khashoggi was murdered by his own people.
'People who have long thought of themselves as Saudi's friends are saying this is a very, very serious matter,' Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.
'If these allegations are true, there will be serious consequences because our friendships and our partnerships are based on shared values.
'We are extremely worried,' he said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenged Saudi Arabia to provide CCTV images to back up its version that Khashoggi had left the consulate safely, indicating he did not find the current Saudi explanations sufficient.
'It's not possible for us [Turkey] to stay silent regarding an incident like this,' Erdogan said.
'Is it possible there were no camera systems in a consulate, in an embassy? Is it possible that there was no Saudi camera system where this incident took place?'
'If a bird flew, or a fly or a mosquito appeared, the systems would capture this; they (Saudi Arabia) have the most cutting-edge systems,' he was quoted as saying.

Why Saudi Arabian regime may have wanted to get rid of Khashoggi


Jamal Khashoggi vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain official documents for his upcoming marriage.
Khashoggi, who was critical of some of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's policies, had been living in self-imposed exile in the US since late 2017, fearing arrest back home.
Friends of Khashoggi told the Washington Post that for several months, senior Saudi officials were offering him protection, 'even a high-level job working for the government' if the critic returned to the kingdom - but Khashoggi was sceptical of such offers.
Saudi Arabia has dismissed as 'baseless' reports that the Washington Post columnist was murdered in a state-sponsored killing.
Although the regime is known to detain even moderate critics, Khashoggi was a much more high-profile target.
He was the most well-known political pundit in the Arab world with more than two million followers on Twitter.
Jamal Khashoggi's rising calls for democratic reforms over the past year put him at odds with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Khashoggi was a political Islamist who 'never had much time for western-style pluralistic democracy,' John R. Bradley, a journalist who specialises in Middle East issues, wrote in the
Spectator.
In the 1970s, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood, which aims to free the Islamic world from western influence.
In his columns, Bradley says, he urged Crown Prince Mohammed to embrace the rise of political Islam, rather than western-style democracy,
In 2003, following his sacking as editor of Saudi daily newspaper Al Watan, Khashoggi became known as a liberal progressive.
He was dismissed because he had allowed a columnist to criticise an Islamic scholar who is considered the founding father of Wahhabism – a movement that the Muslim Brotherhood has always been at odds with.
And although Crown Prince Mohammed, on the other hand, rejects Wahhabism – whose followers detest democracy as a western invention – he considered the Muslim Brotherhood the main threat to his vision for the kingdom.
Most clerics imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over the past two years have ties to the Brotherhood.
Since then, Khashoggi has become a de facto leader of the Saudi branch – and therefore, the biggest political threat to the Crown Prince.
Furthermore, Khashoggi also had information on the Saudi royal family's ties to al-Qaeda before the September 11 terror attacks.
Khashoggi befriended Osama bin Laden in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was employed by Saudi intelligence services to persuade bin Laden to make peace with the Saudi royal family.
Bradley, a former colleague of Khashoggi's, believes the Saudis may have also worried that he had become a US asset.
Also, earlier this year, he had established a new political party in the US called Democracy for the Arab World.
Khashoggi's recent rejection of the offer to return to Saudi Arabia as an advisor may have been the final straw.
CCTV video from Istanbul's Ataturk airport made available by Turkish Newspaper Sabah allegedly shows suspects in the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The Saudi consulate has said CCTV cameras were not working that day, and yesterday, the identities of an alleged 15-member assassination squad surfaced.
The team is said to include a Saudi special forces officer, members of the royal guard and a senior forensics expert.
Another was named as Maher Mutreb, described online as a colonel in Saudi intelligence, stationed previously at the Saudi embassy in London for two years.
Mr Khashoggi vanished on October 2 after entering his country's consulate to obtain official documents ahead of his marriage to his Turkish fiancee.

Saudi leaders are facists who dont want a difference in opinion. sadly dis is wat GMB is copyin in secular-Nigeria

Why would Saudi Arabia be interested in Jamal Khashoggi?

Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post

slivertongue:
Saudi leaders are facists who dont want a difference in opinion. sadly dis is wat GMB is copyin in secular-Nigeria

Gbam!
The truth can burn down a nation without stress and these crooks hate it because it will lead to their end.