Asked to light tandoor oven within an hour after Khashoggi`s murder: Saudi consulate worker
(WorldNews Turkey)

A Saudi consulate worker in Istanbul told a Turkish court on Friday he had been asked to light a tandoor oven less than an hour after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the building where he was killed. Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked for the consulate, was giving evidence on the first day of the trial in absentia of 20 Saudi officials over Khashoggi`s killing, which sparked global outrage and tarnished the image of Saudi Arabia`s de facto ruler. Demir said he had been called to the consul`s residence after Khashoggi entered the nearby consulate to seek his papers. `There were five to six people there... They asked me to light up the...