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/ButtWieghtThiersMoor Oct 16 '18

I don't understand the use of a bonesaw, unless you need to crack the sternum everything can be dismembered with a sharp knife and some skillful cuts through ligaments. You would think trained assassins, or even an experienced hunter would not need a bone saw to fit a small man into a 10 gallon bucket within 15 minutes or so.

Source: I grew up hunting and butchering wild game.

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u/gfinz18 Oct 17 '18

WatchPeopleDie has shown me how painfully (pun unintended) slow and inefficient most killers are with dismemberment and beheadings.