Saudi Arabia Says Fistfight Led to Dissident’s Death

“Saudi Arabia has announced that Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident Saudi journalist who disappeared in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, is dead,” the New York Times reports.

“Eighteen Saudis have been arrested and are being investigated in connection with the case.”

“In the statement, the kingdom’s public prosecutor said that an investigation had found that an argument broke out between Mr. Khashoggi and men who met him inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, leading to ‘a fistfight that led to his death.'”