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Khashoggi Scandal: Traces of Acid, Chemicals Found at Saudi Consul General’s Home

Khashoggi Scandal: Traces of Acid, Chemicals Found at Saudi Consul General’s Home
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A source at the Turkish attorney general's office reported that Saudi authorities used acid and other chemicals to dispose of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi's body.

The source added that traces of hydrofluoric acid and other chemicals were found in a well at Consul General Mohammed al-Otaibi's home in Istanbul.

Turkish investigators were able to take samples from the well when they were first granted access last month, media reports added.

"We know that on the night of October 16 to 17, when the Turkish investigators were working inside the residence and wanted to gain full access to the garden and the well shaft, they were not given permission […] but were able to briefly take some samples from it with rods from the top of it," al-Jazeera's Andrew Simmons said.

"Those samples have been processed and they include proof that there had been hydrofluoric and other chemicals."

Simmons said the other samples taken from the sewerage and drainage system around the diplomatic district also showed the use of acid.

Saudi Arabia had consistently maintained that Khashoggi left the consulate building after obtaining the necessary paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancée before admitting to the journalist's killing on October 20.

It has since provided conflicting accounts about the way in which Khashoggi was killed.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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