Saudi Arabia may blame journalist's death on botched interrogation

On the other hand, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said some materials at the Saudi consulate have been painted over

Saudi Arabia is considering saying that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a botched interrogation, according to media reports, an explanation that could deflect suspicions the royal court ordered him killed and give the US and Turkey a way out of confronting a regional powerhouse.

The possible narrative of an operation gone wrong, reported by CNN, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, was being floated as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of Khashoggi, a Saudi government critic last seen entering the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2. President Donald