The Washington Post: the body of journalist Jamal Khashoggi could have been dissolved in acid

Turkish authorities are holding to the theory that the body of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi could have been dissolved in acid, a senior Turkish official told The Washington Post on condition of anonymity.

According to him, this could have happened on the territory of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where the journalist was killed, or in the nearby residence of the Saudi consul.

Biological evidence found in the garden of the Saudi consulate suggests that the body was disposed of near the place where the journalist was killed, a source told The Washington Post. "Khashoggi's body did not require burial," he said.

reported that the remains of a journalist could be dissolved in acid Earlier, the Turkish edition of Hurriet Daily News and the British channel Sky News .

• Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. On October 31, the Istanbul prosecutor's office officially announced that the journalist was strangled and then dismembered his body; The prosecutor called the crime planned. The location of Khashoggi's remains is still unknown.
• Saudi Arabia acknowledged the murder of the journalist only two weeks later, initially saying that he had left the consulate. Riyadh laid the blame for the crime on 15 Saudi intelligence officers who were supposed to return the journalist to his homeland (he recently lived in the United States). At the same time, Riyadh claims that they acted on their own initiative, and not on the orders of the Saudi authorities.