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The killers of a Hamas commander drugged him before suffocating
him, Dubai police said.
Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed last month
in his hotel room in what Dubai police say they are almost certain
was a hit by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
The killers used a muscle relaxant to tranquillise Mabhouh before
suffocating him, said deputy police chief Khamis al-Mazeina, quoted
by the Dubai police website.
"The assassins used this method so that it would seem that his
death was natural as there were no signs of resistance shown by the
victim," he said.
Dubai authorities have named 26 alleged members of the team that
tracked and killed the Palestinian and said they operated in
disguise and used fraudulent British, Irish, French, German and
Australian passports.
People with the same names as many of the suspects live in Israel
and say their identities were stolen.
The passport abuse has drawn criticism from the European Union,
and some of the governments involved have summoned the Israeli
ambassadors to their countries to protest.
Israel has not denied or confirmed it played any role but its
foreign minister said there was nothing to link it to the
killing.
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