The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, was killed by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi operatives. His body was dismembered and disposed of in a manner that was never publicly revealed.

The consulate had been secretly bugged by the Turkish government and Khashoggi's final moments were captured in audio recordings, transcripts of which were subsequently made public.

Funeral for Kashoggi in Istanbul, November 16, 2018
Funeral for Kashoggi in Istanbul, November 16, 2018 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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P06409PS-0571 (3594694537) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Ghanem al-Dosari
Ghanem al-Dosari (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul
Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi, BBC News (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.