Saudi Arabia has called accusations it ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its Istanbul consulate “lies and baseless allegations”.
Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz’s denial comes eleven days after Mr Khashoggi was last seen entering the consulate.
Turkish sources allege he was then killed by a team of Saudi agents.
A Turkish security source told the BBC that officials have audio and video evidence proving the killing.
Saudi Arabia has maintained the journalist, a critic of the government, left the building shortly after arriving on 2 October.
The interior minister said on Saturday the kingdom was keen to uncover “the whole truth”, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, stressing reports “about orders to kill” are “baseless”.
