Mossad killed Palestinian: kin
GAZA CITY: The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency of assassinating him on the streets of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Malaysian authorities said Fadi Mohammad Al Batsh, 35, was killed by two suspects believed to have ties with a foreign intelligence agency in a drive-by shooting on his way to dawn prayers.
Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, quoted by the state-run Bernama news agency, said Batsh was “an electrical engineer and an expert at making rockets”.
The Palestinian was “believed to have become a liability for a country hostile to Palestine”, said Ahmad Zahid, who is in charge of Malaysia’s security.
The professor was to have left for Turkey on Saturday to attend an international conference, the minister said.
He said Malaysian police would request the help of Interpol to track down the suspects, believed to be European nationals.
In a statement from the Hamasruled Gaza Strip, the victim’s family said: “We accuse the Mossad of being behind the assassination.” The Palestinian movement said Batsh, a research scientist specialising in energy issues, was one of its members.
GAZA CITY: The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency of assassinating him on the streets of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Malaysian authorities said Fadi Mohammad Al Batsh, 35, was killed by two suspects believed to have ties with a foreign intelligence agency in a drive-by shooting on his way to dawn prayers.
Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, quoted by the state-run Bernama news agency, said Batsh was “an electrical engineer and an expert at making rockets”.
The Palestinian was “believed to have become a liability for a country hostile to Palestine”, said Ahmad Zahid, who is in charge of Malaysia’s security.
The professor was to have left for Turkey on Saturday to attend an international conference, the minister said.
He said Malaysian police would request the help of Interpol to track down the suspects, believed to be European nationals.
In a statement from the Hamasruled Gaza Strip, the victim’s family said: “We accuse the Mossad of being behind the assassination.” The Palestinian movement said Batsh, a research scientist specialising in energy issues, was one of its members.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said one of the two suspects on a high-powered motorcycle “ired 10 shots, Four of WHICH HIT THE lecturer in the head and body. He died on the spot.” “The police also found two empty bullet shells there,” the police chief said, according to Bernama.
He said that footage from closedcircuit television cameras near the scene of the shooting showed that the assailants waited for around 20 minutes in the area before attacking.
“We believe the lecturer was their target because two other individuals walked by the place earlier unharmed. We will view the recordings of all the CCTV in the area,” he said.