# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-saudi-arabia-pegasus-khashoggi-associate)
- Source: How the Saudis may have spied on Jamal Khashoggi. https://cpj.org/2018/10/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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/528. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.