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Today in History: Jamal Khashoggi Murdered at Saudi Consulate in Istanbul
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- On 2 October 2018, Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi was lured to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where a 15-member Saudi team ambushed, strangled and dismembered him; Turkish authorities recorded the killing after bugging the consulate, later releasing audio transcripts that implicated the Saudi government.