ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th November, 2018) A group of four people that was allegedly sent to Istanbul to cover up the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate was dispatched by former leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip Mohammed Dahlan, local media reported on Sunday.
The Yeni Safak newspaper describes Dahlan as a "chief hitman" of UAE Crown Prince Muhammed bin Zayed in the middle East region.
The team reportedly arrived in Istanbul on October 1, a day before the murder of Khashoggi, and entered the consulate on October 2, where it spent several days, Yeni Safak reported citing surveillance footage obtained by Turkish officials.
Turkish investigators have reportedly found traces of "hydrofluoric acid and other chemicals" in a well on the Saudi consulate's territory, which may be sign of dissolving the body of Khashoggi in these substances.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, known for his criticism of Saudi policies, went missing on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in the Turkish capital of Istanbul. After initially denying any knowledge of Khashoggi's whereabouts, Riyadh admitted later in October that the journalist had been killed in a fight inside the consulate.
On Thursday, the Saudi Prosecutor General's Office said that the journalist had been killed with a drug injection, and his body had been dismembered and taken out of the consulate, adding that a total of 21 people had been detained in relation to the case.
