Saudi officials reportedly confirm Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is dead

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Saudi officials reportedly confirm Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is dead

Jamal Khashoggi

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Jamal Khashoggi is featured on a poster during a protest organized by members of the Turkish-Arabic Media Association at the entrance to Saudi Arabia's consulate on October 8, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Saudi Arabia's state media has confirmed the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday.

Around 18 suspects have been detained by the Saudis and a top general was dismissed, according to Saudi media reports cited by CNN.

A close aide to the Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman was also reportedly dismissed.

Khashoggi, a Saudi national who was also a legal US resident with a green card, had been living in Virginia. He was last seen walking into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2.

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Saudi Arabia previously denied any involvement in Khashoggi's disappearance and claimed he left the consulate on the same afternoon of his visit.

Since his disappearance, Turkish authorities have alleged that Khashoggi was brutally murdered.

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