Turkey shares \'evidence\' with CIA chief over Khashoggi murder

Turkey shares 'evidence' with CIA chief over Khashoggi murder

AFP  |  Istanbul 

has shared "all the evidence" over the murder of Saudi with the CIA during a visit, reported on Wednesday.

Video images and audio tapes as well as evidence gathered from the consulate and the consul's residence were shared with Haspel during the briefing at the Organisation (MIT), newspaper reported.

Turkish has stopped short of pointing the blame at the Saudi leadership for the death of the Saudi insider-turned-critic. But he said in a keynote speech on Tuesday that the murder was meticulously planned, demanding that all those involved brought to justice.

Khashoggi, 59, vanished on October 2 after entering the to obtain documents for his wedding.

Speaking at a ceremony in Ankara, Erdogan on Wednesday vowed that would not allow the culprits to get away with their "savage murder".

"We are determined not to allow any cover up of this murder and for all those responsible from those who gave the command to those who executed it -- not to escape justice," he said.

"We are not implicating anyone," he added, saying that would be transparent as it gathers more evidence that shed light on the "dark sides" of the murder.

"It is not over yet," he said. "We are unravelling, dismantling (the case) and the world is closely following." The whereabouts of Khashoggi's corpse still remain unknown.

Erdogan said on Tuesday that a 15-person team came from to kill Khashoggi, including by carrying out reconnaissance outside and deactivating security cameras at the consulate.

searched the kingdom's consulate, and the general's residence as well as hunting for evidence in an On Tuesday, the police searched an abandoned car belonging to the in an in the Sultangazi district of Istanbul.

The Saudi leadership has denied involvement in the murder and instead blamed the chain of command.

Crown "strongly said that he had nothing to do with this, this was at a lower level," US said on Tuesday, adding he had spoken on Monday to the and his father Salman.

Turkish has claimed that has audio tapes of the killing.

Last week, the denied giving "any kind of audio tape" from the investigation to any US

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First Published: Wed, October 24 2018. 15:50 IST