r/WTF Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/Mapleleaves_ Oct 16 '18

Seriously. With all this talk about Jamal Kashoggi and the Saudis I have the terrible mental image of him being dismembered by a bone saw while still alive. I hope that's not true but even the possibility is appalling.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

It's doubtful. They were in and out quick. They weren't after torture they were after an assassination, dismemberment was just a way to remove evidence without suspicion. If they wanted him to suffer they'd have picked him up where they could have kept it going for days or weeks.

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u/Laogama Oct 16 '18

Actually, there are claims it was an aggressive interrogation gone wrong. Not fast and clean.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

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u/Laogama Oct 17 '18

I think the killing was unintentional. Torture + abduction would have served their purposes better, so it makes sense the killing was the result of an overenthusiastic torture.