A Saudi assassination squad, alerted that he was set to visit the legation, was in place. Upon entering, Khashoggi was told he was going back to Saudi Arabia. An agent told him to write a message to his son, telling him not to worry “if you don’t hear from me in a while.” He refused. “We will anesthetize you,” he was told. There were sounds of a struggle, Khashoggi saying, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,” then silence after Khashoggi was injected with a drug. Then came the buzzing sound of a saw as his corpse was dismembered. American intelligence agencies concluded that MBS was behind the
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