They would eventually blame the killing on “rogue” Saudi agents, who were closely linked to MBS’s inner circle (five low-ranked members of the hit squad were sentenced to death in a Saudi court, but those closest to MBS were cleared). The Saudi authorities furiously denied they were responsible but the sheer weight of evidence made that position untenable. Khashoggi was beaten, strangled, drugged and then dismembered with a bone saw. Inside the consulate, a 15-man assassination team was waiting. Emir of Nejd and Hasa (19021921) Sultan of Nejd (19211927) Sultan of Nejd and King of Hejaz (19261927) King of Nejd and Hejaz (19271932) And Son of Imam Abdul Rahman. Cengiz waited until nightfall for Khashoggi to return. 22 September 1932 (aged 57) 9 November 1953. The two fell in love and quickly decided to get married. Alanoud Al Fayez was his first wife and he was married at age 15. He later flew to Turkey to attend a conference where he was interviewed by Cengiz, a Turkish graduate student. It is possible he even had more(i am a Wikipedia editor and actually I was the one who improved the family section of the article). Fearing for his life, Khashoggi fled to the United States where he wrote for the Washington Post. Khashoggi’s writing countered the reformist narrative, highlighting MBS’s growing authoritarianism and the jailing of those that spoke out against his agenda, be they journalists, academics or feminist activists. One day he was to become Saudi king and was, ultimately, to become the prospective new owner of Newcastle United. MBS, as he is widely known, embarked on a charm offensive with presidents, prime ministers and international captains of industry promising social and economic reform in the kingdom. PT, MSc, is the Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program and senior physical therapist at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi’s journalism had been critical of Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s young crown prince. She had been due to marry Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi Arabian journalist who once had the ear of the country’s all-powerful Al-Saud royal family but had, in recent years, fallen out of favour. On October 2, 2018, Hatice Cengiz stood outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and waited for her fiancé to return with the documents that would allow the pair to be wed.