Claim 306

Saudi officials said a team sent to confront Khashoggi killed him accidentally in a chokehold.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Saudi officials said a team sent to confront Khashoggi killed him accidentally in a chokehold.
Field: action
Value: Saudi account of an accidental killing
About: incident 2018-saudi-arabia-khashoggi-killed-consulate
Source: Saudi Arabia acknowledges Khashoggi died in its Istanbul consulate
Publisher: CBC News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-10-20

Quotation from the source

a team of 15 Saudi nationals were sent to confront Khashoggi at the consulate and that he was accidentally killed in a chokehold by men who were trying to force him to return to the kingdom.