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Interpol searches for 2nd team of assassins in UAE case

LONDON — Interpol has launched a search for a second squad employed in the killing of Hamas procurement chief Mahmoud Al Mabhouh.   

Interpol has identified 16 additional suspects in the killing of Al Mabhouh in the United Arab Emirates in January 2010, Middle East Newsline reported. The international police agency said the 16 unnamed suspects marked a second squad, meant to support the killers of the Hamas procurement director in a hotel in the UAE port city of Dubai.

"The creation of the task force and the publication of the new Red Notices came as investigative information provided by the authorities in Dubai bore out the international links and broad scope of the number of people involved, as well as the role of two teams of individuals identified by the Dubai police as being linked to Al Mabhouh’s murder," Interpol said on March 8.


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So far, Interpol has sought warrants for 27 suspects in the killing of Al Mabhouh. The first Red Notices, issued by Interpol on Feb. 18, pertained to 11 members believed to have been directly involved in the assassination.

Interpol has been working with the UAE to track the suspects from video taken by Dubai security cameras. The suspects were said to have forged the identities of Australian, British, French, German and Irish nationals. Dubai has blamed Israel's Mossad for the killing.

"According to the Dubai police investigation, the first team consisted of a smaller core group alleged to have carried out the killing, while a second team, the members of which are now also subject of Red Notices, is believed to have aided and abetted the first team by closely watching, following and reporting Al Mabhouh's movements from the moment he landed at Dubai airport until his murder on 19 January," Interpol said.

Interpol secretary-general Ronald Noble said Dubai police had established clear links through passport records and video surveillance of individuals and groups linked to the Al Mabhouh killing. He said Dubai authorities have also collected DNA analysis, witness interviews and hotel, credit card, phone and transport records.

"Evidence of these global links touching each of Interpol's four regions worldwide makes the creation of the international task force with Interpol and interested countries whose passports were fraudulently altered essential to the investigation," Noble said. "It can only further help connect the dots and shed light on Al Mabhouh's murder and ultimately bring those responsible to justice."



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