Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after going to the consulate to obtain papers for his marriage in October 2018.
Istanbul:
Turkish prosecutors have prepared a second indictment against six Saudi officials in connection with the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, NTV TV and other media reported on Monday.
Reports did not specify whether the six suspects were among those already tried in absentia by an Istanbul court for Khashoggi’s murder.
State-run Anadolu news agency said two of the suspects faced charges carrying aggravated life sentences, while the charges against the other four carried sentences of up to five years in prison.
The Istanbul prosecutor’s office declined to provide immediate comment on the media reports.
A Saudi court this month jailed eight people aged between seven and 20 for the murder, four months after Khashoggi’s family forgave his killers and allowed previous death sentences to be overturned.
Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, where he went to collect documents for his impending marriage. His body was reportedly dismembered and removed from the building and his remains have not been found.
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