Saudi account on Khashoggi 'not credible': UK minister

Brexit secretary questions Saudi claim that journalist was killed during fight at consulate in Istanbul

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON ((AA) - A senior British Cabinet minister said Sunday that Saudi Arabia's explanation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death in their consulate in Istanbul was not credible.

"I don't think it's credible," Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said, speaking to BBC.

He said there was a "serious question mark over the account that has been given".

Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, had gone missing since entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.

After days of denying to know his whereabouts, Saudi Arabia on Saturday claimed Khashoggi was killed during a fight inside the consulate.

"We support the Turkish investigation into it and the British government wants to see people held to account for that death," Raab said.

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