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Khashoggi killing audio tapes 鈥榚xist鈥

Officials from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain have listened to audio recordings related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey鈥檚 president said on Saturday, in the first public acknowledgement of the existence of tapes of the slaying.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also told reporters that Saudi Arabia had to 鈥渁ct fairly鈥 and disclose those responsible for the October 2 killing of The Washington Post journalist to rid itself of 鈥渟uspicion.鈥

鈥淲e gave them the tapes. We gave them to Saudi Arabia, to America, to the Germans, the French, to the British, to all of them,鈥 he said before departing for Paris to attend ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

鈥淭hey (Saudi officials) also listened to the conversations and they know. There is no need to distort this. They know for certain who among the 15 is the killer or are the killers.鈥

He was referring to an alleged 15-member assassination squad that Turkey believes was sent to kill Khashoggi at the consulate where he had arrived to obtain papers to marry his Turkish fiancee.

Last month, Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Turkish evidence indicates that Khashoggi鈥檚 killing was premeditated.


 

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