Interpol wanted notices for Dubai Hamas assassins
Interpol’s website has published the pictures in the passports of the
11 assassins allegedly responsible for the murder of
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's mother holds her murdered son's picture
Interpol has issued wanted notices for the suspected Mossad agents accused of killing a Hamas militant in a luxury Dubai hotel.
Interpol’s website published pictures of the 11 assassins they wished to trace in connection with the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Their offence is listed as “crimes against life and health”.
The wanted notices released by Interpol do not constitute an international arrest warrant. Instead, they give details of the accused, to be disseminated worldwide, and request that they be arrested.
Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said: “Based on close co-operation among our member countries and on information provided by innocent citizens, it is becoming clear that those who carefully planned and carried out the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh most likely used forged or fake European passports of innocent citizens whose identities were stolen.”
He added: “Since the names on the passports, discovered as part of the Dubai police's investigation, are most likely the names of real and innocent people whose identities have been stolen, Interpol does not believe that we know the true identities of these wanted persons.
“We have therefore included the names fraudulently used, because if any of the persons pictured on the Interpol Red Notice were found in possession of fraudulently altered or counterfeit passports, then such possession would be evidence of guilt for a variety of crimes.”
The faces of an 11-strong alleged hit squad appeared on the Interpol website this morning, 48 hours after authorities in the United Arab Emirates issued arrest warrants for the killing last month of a Hamas operative, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Their offences are listed as "crimes against life and health". The team stands accused of entering Dubai using forged or stolen European identities, murdering the militant in his hotel and then fleeing the country on 19 January.
The British embassy in Israel has contacted four of the six Israelis whose British passports were forged to issue the citizens new passports and offer other consular assistance. The consulate is attempting to contact the two other British citizens.
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