Khashoggi killing: Police searching villa in NW Turkey

Drone-backed search being carried out in village in Yalova province

By Yavuz Emrah Sever

YALOVA, Turkey (AA) - Turkish police has been searching a villa in northwestern Yalova province on Monday over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The police and and the gendarmerie took security measures around the two storey villa in Samanli village of Termal district, according to police sources.

The drone-backed search has been assisted by sniffer dogs, as well.

The search is still underway.

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

After initially saying he had left the consulate alive, weeks later the Saudi administration admitted he was killed there, blaming a rogue group of Saudi operatives.

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