The 11 people suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai have been placed on international police organisation Interpol’s wanted list.
Interpol has posted the photographs and names it suspects were used fraudulently by the individuals.
Dubai’s police chief says he is 99% sure Israeli secret service agents were involved in Mahmoud al-Mabhouh’s death, but Israel says there is no proof.
The UK has expressed “outrage” that six British passports were used.
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Interpol has issued Red Notices for the suspects. Although not an international arrest warrant, a Red Notice requests that the suspects be arrested pending extradition.
nterpol said it believed the suspects had stolen the identities of real people and the names were used as aliases.
It said it was posting the photos and names “in order to limit the ability of accused murderers from travelling freely using the same false passports”.
Interpol secretary general Ronald K Noble said: “[We do] not believe that we know the true identities of these wanted persons.”
Mr Noble said he hoped the investigation process would “help to establish the innocence of the ordinary citizens and even of countries whose identities were stolen and fraudulently used”.
In response to the Interpol move, Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim called for it to issue “a Red Notice against the head of Mossad”, the Israeli secret service.
