Claim 528

Saudi operatives killed Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul one day after Citizen Lab published its findings on the spyware attack against his associate.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Saudi operatives killed Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul one day after Citizen Lab published its findings on the spyware attack against his associate.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: killing follows one day later
About: incident 2018-saudi-arabia-pegasus-khashoggi-associate
Source: How the Saudis may have spied on Jamal Khashoggi
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-10-31

Quotation from the source

Saudi operatives murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul