Turkey’s pro-government newspaper Sabah reported on Tuesday that the luggage of the Saudi team that was sent to Istanbul at the time of Jamal Khashoggi's killing contained syringes, scissors, staple guns, walkie-talkies, electric shock devices and a signal jammer.

It published photos of X-rays of bags taken as the Saudis passed through security checks at the airport when they left. Reuters could not immediately verify the Sabah report.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said recordings related to the killing, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are “appalling”. Mr. Erdoğan told reporters on his plane returning from a weekend visit to France that he discussed the killing with the U.S., French and German leaders at dinner in Paris.

He did not give details of the contents of the tapes but two sources with knowledge of the issue said that the recordings have information on the killing itself and conversations before the operation which Turkey subsequently uncovered.