Recordings of Khashoggi’s killing shared with US, Saudi, others as Turkey ends search for journalist’s body

The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that his government has shared tapes related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi with the US, Germany, France, Britain, Saudi Arabia and others.

Erdogan revealed that much before his departure for France to attend commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

He said Saudi Arabia knows Khashoggi’s killer is among a group of 15 people who flew into Istanbul hours before the October 2 killing.

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“We gave the tapes. We gave them to Saudi Arabia, to the United States, Germans, French and British, all of them. They have listened to all the conversations in them,” Erdogan said.
“They know.”

Erdogan had earlier noted that his government is shocked and saddened by efforts of Saudi Arabia officials to cover the murder of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

He made the comments in Ankara during an interview where he called on Saudi Arabia to answer outstanding questions concerning the 59-year-old’s assassination last month.

“We must reveal the identities of the puppet masters behind Khashoggi’s killing,” Erdogan said, adding that Ankara had “moved heaven and earth to shed light on all aspects of this case”.

Meanwhile, Turkish police are ending the search for Khashoggi’s body, but the criminal investigation into the Saudi journalist’s murder will continue, sources told Al Jazeera.

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