Surveillance footage of the Saudi national who wore Jamal Khashoggi's clothes to make it seem like the journalist left the Istanbul consuate has emerged. The man seen in the footage was a member of the 15 Saudis who killed Jamal Khashoggi when he entered the consulate in Istanbul.
"The same man was seen in Khashoggi's clothing at the city's world-famous Blue Mosque just hours after the journalist was last seen alive entering the consulate on October 2," CNN reported, citing a senior Turkish official.
"The man in the video, identified by the official as Mustafa al-Madani, was allegedly part of what investigators have said was a hit squad, sent to kill the journalist at the Saudi consulate during a scheduled appointment to get papers for his upcoming wedding."
Khashoggi vanished after entering the consulate to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage.
After two weeks denying any involvement in Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, Saudi Arabia on Saturday said the journalist, a critic of the crown prince, died during a fight in the building. An hour later, another Saudi official attributed the death to a chokehold.
Reflecting international scepticism over its account, a senior Saudi government official laid out a new version that contradicts previous explanations.
The latest account includes details on how 15 Saudis sent to confront Khashoggi had threatened him with being drugged and kidnapped and killed him in a chokehold when he resisted. A member of the team dressed in Khashoggi's clothes to make it appear as if he had left the consulate.
