Ankara, Jul 3 (UNI) A Turkish court on Friday opened the trial of 20 Saudi nationals accused of killing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The trial began at Istanbul province's main court in Caglayan district on Friday, Al Jazeera reported.
Khashoggi, a 59-year-old Washington Post columnist, was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, after he entered the premises to obtain paperwork for his planned marriage. Khashoggi, who was openly critical of the Saudi regime in his columns, was last seen entering the Saudi consulate at Istanbul, but he never came out.