A/HRC/41/CRP.1 protect them. But they refused to move the vehicles, so we had to work under a sheet that we brought and under the rain.”97 144. On 18 October, the Turkish Investigators completed their search of the Consul General’s Residence and the consular vehicles at 05:30. At 15:20, two members of the Saudi team that Turkey accused of participating in the post-murder cleanup, departed Turkey. 145. On that day, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul began the process of interviewing local staff who worked at the Consulate General’s Office in Istanbul. The same day, the Crime Scene Investigative Unit sent samples that it obtained from the Consulate, the Consul General’s Residence, and the consular vehicles for an analysis to see if anyone of them matched with Mr. Khashoggi’s DNA. The Special Rapporteur has not been informed of any DNA match. Saudi Arabia’s admission and arrests X. 146. On 19 October, in a statement on Saudi state television, the country's chief prosecutor admitted that Mr. Khashoggi had been killed in the Consulate. He said that a fistfight broke out between Mr. Khashoggi and suspects in the Consulate, which led to Mr. Khashoggi’s death.98 147. On the same day, the Saudi authorities also announced that King Salman ordered the restructuring of the General Intelligence Presidency and appointed the Crown Prince to lead the effort.99 In another statement it was announced that King Salman dismissed a Senior Adviser of the Royal Court100 and Deputy Director of General Intelligence.101 Additionally, King Salman dismissed several senior military officials, including Deputy Director of General Intelligence, Deputy Head of General Intelligence for Human Resources, and General Director of Security and Protection of General Intelligence.102 148. On 20 October, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement from the Saudi Public Prosecutor admitting that Mr. Khashoggi had been killed inside the Consulate.103 The statement said that Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance “drew the attention of Saudi Arabia at the highest levels” and accordingly the authorities “took the necessary procedures to clarify the truth and immediately dispatched an investigation team to Turkey on October 6th, 2018.” The statement continued, “the investigations were carried out by the Public Prosecution and it investigated a number of suspects on the basis of information provided by the Turkish authorities.” According to the statement, the suspects had attempted to convince Mr. Khashoggi to return to Riyadh; this conversation took place in the presence of the Consul General Alotaibi; the situation escalated with a fight taking place between Mr. Khashoggi and the suspects; this led to Mr. Khashoggi’s death; the suspects then attempted to conceal Mr. Khashoggi’s death. 149. On 21 October, the three-man Mabahith “Technical Team” travelled from Istanbul to Ankara and entered the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ankara at 18:30. 104 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 28 Interview with Chief Public Prosecutor. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudis-now-say-khashoggi-killed-consulate-after-claiming-heleft-alive. https://www.saudiembassy.net/news/recommendations-ministerial-committee-restructure-generalintelligence-presidency-gip%C2%A0. According to some media reports, despite his dismissal from the Royal Court, Mr. Alqahtani continues to advise the Crown Prince. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/10/19/saudi-government-acknowledgesjournalist-jamal-khashaoggi-died-while-in-that-countrys-consulate-inistanbul/?utm_term=.5890cee8e7cf . https://www.saudiembassy.net/news/his-majesty-issues-royal-order-dismissing-senior-saudigovernment-officials. https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/middleeast/saudi-arabia-khashoggi-statement/index.html. Information from Turkish Intelligence.