Saudi Arabia to likely say Journalist Jamal Kashoggi died in botched up interrogation

Turkish forensic investigators leave Saudi Arabian Consulate in Ankara. [Reuters]

 Saudi Arabia is preparing to acknowledge the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a botched interrogation, CNN and the New York Times said on Monday, after US President Donald Trump speculated “rogue killers” may be responsible.

Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet King Salman over the case that has strained the Americans’ relationship with the Saudis, carefully cultivated by the U.S. president.