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On Friday, Turkish state television released a video clip showing Turkish investigators gathering evidence of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul two years ago.
In the video, investigators are shown inspecting paint-stained clothing, which according to Turkish television was worn by a cleaning crew that removed traces of blood from the crime scene.
Reuters said it was not yet able to determine the truth of what was shown in the video broadcast on Turkish television.
The video was released a week after the Turkish Prosecutor’s Office prepared a second list of charges against six new Saudi suspects in connection with Khashoggi’s assassination in Istanbul in 2018.
It is unclear if this video was posted for the first time or not.
Khashoggi, who was famous for criticizing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was last seen at the Saudi consulate on October 2, 2018, as he was going there to extract his marriage documents.
Turkish officials believe his body was dismembered and taken outside the consulate building, where it has yet to be found.
The clip, which was shown on Turkish television, showed the name of the cleaning company that cleaned the consulate carpets days after Khashoggi’s disappearance, which has yet to be verified by Reuters.
The clip also showed traces of small stains on the walls and floors of the consulate, which were detected with blue lights, while Turkish television says they are blood stains, and the video also shows an oven with something on fire.
It should be noted that the Istanbul court had previously indicted some 20 Saudis for their involvement in the Khashoggi murder case, and another six Saudis have been added to the case, including two consulate workers and four other Saudis.
A Saudi court this month sentenced eight people aged seven to twenty to prison for their role in the crime, four months after the Khashoggi family pardoned their killers, overturning the death sentences handed down against those convicted.
