Saudi prosecutor leaves consulate in Istanbul as Khashoggi probe continues

Saudi Arabia's Chief Prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb on Tuesday visited the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul as part of probe into slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

He had previously visited his Turkish counterpart at the Çağlayan courthouse.

Mojeb and the accompanying delegation left the consulate after spending one-and-half-hours inside.

Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed inside the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul after he went there to obtain documents for his forthcoming marriage.

After denying any involvement in the disappearance of Khashoggi, 59, for two weeks, Saudi Arabia on Oct. 20 acknowledged his death, saying he had died in a fistfight.

Since then, Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said Khashoggi’s killing was premeditated, contradicting the previous official statement that it happened accidentally during a tussle in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Riyadh's numerous shifting accounts of the killing have undermined Prince Mohammed's standing.