Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed as he tried to arrange paperwork for his wedding — and his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, says it’s been impossible for her to cope with his death, because of the events that began with Khashoggi dying at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul.
“I really don’t know how to express myself,” Cengiz said at a memorial in Washington, D.C., Friday. “Nothing has relieved me of the pain from the atrocity I experienced. The most important reason for this is because his corpse has still not been found.”
Without his body, Khashoggi’s loved ones haven’t been able to perform his funeral prayer, Cengiz said, adding, “our pain is still as fresh as the first day.”
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