Transcript for Saudi prosecutor: Fight inside consulate led to journalist's death

Fast moving developments in the disappearance of Washington Post writer Jamal to show beat. The saudis just moments ago confirming he is dead they say he was killed in a fist fight inside that consulate he entered never to be seen again. Eighteen people now being detained tonight a top intelligence official has now been dismissed. It was seventeen days ago coshow he was last seen alive entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey his fiancee waiting outside. So let's get right to ABC senior foreign correspondent Ian panel leading us off from Istanbul tonight in what have you learned. Yes right David major breaking news here and assemble tonight. What we're hearing is the Saudi account of what happened on October the second. When the Washington Post columnist Jamal has shows you when's inside that building behind me. They're saying there's an argument broke out that it led to a fist fights and that it's also ultimately led to the death of mister has Josie. They say that there will be a thorough investigation and that people will be held to account so far eighteen people have being taken into custody. We also note that a number of senior intelligence officials have been relieved of that teaches including the deputy head of intelligence who walls apparently extremely close to the crime prince himself. Other investigations are still going on in the meantime we're gonna see whether they continue apace but like I say major news here tonight David. Where they have confirmed that Washington Post reporter Jamal the show he is dead in fact of Ian panel on the story every step of the way Ian thank you on the breaking news tonight.

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