Gunmen shoot dead Palestinian lecturer in Malaysia

 

A man hangs a poster depicting Palestinian electrical engineer Fadi al-Batash, who was shot to death in Malaysia, on his family house in the northern Gaza Strip April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Two unidentified men shot dead a Palestinian man in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Malaysian and Palestinian authorities reported, and Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister said the suspects were believed to be linked to a foreign intelligence service.

 

Kuala Lumpur police chief Mazlan Lazim said two men on a motorcycle fired 10 shots at the 35-year-old victim, killing him on the spot.

 

"Preliminary investigations found four gunshot wounds on the victim's body. Two bullet slugs were found at the scene of the incident," Mazlan said in a statement.

 

When contacted later by Reuters, Mazlan declined to comment on reports that the victim was a member of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas or had been targeted by hitmen.

 

"It's too early to say, we are still investigating all aspects."

 

Palestine's ambassador to Malaysia Anwar Al Agha later identified the victim as Palestinian Fadi al-Batsh, an engineering lecturer, but declined to say if he was a member of Hamas. Witnesses at the scene had told him that the two suspects had "European features", the ambassador told Reuters.

 

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the suspects were believed to be Europeans with links to a foreign intelligence agency, state news agency Bernama reported.

 

He added the victim had links with foreign intelligence and was active in pro-Palestinian non-governmental organisations, describing him as an expert in electrical engineering and rocket-building.

 

The victim could have been seen as "a liability for a country that is an enemy of Palestine," Zahid was quoted as saying by Bernama.

 

Hamas, which exercises de facto control over Gaza, said one of its members had been "assassinated" in Malaysia and it had sent a delegation to meet with Malaysian officials to discuss the killing.

 

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said Israel's Mossad intelligence service had been behind past attempts to assassinate Palestinian scientists, and that al-Batsh's killing "follows this sequence."

 

Officials in Israel declined to comment.

 

Batsh's uncle Jamal al-Batsh spoke to Reuters in the town of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip.

 

    Asked who he blamed, he replied: "The Israeli Mossad. The Israeli Mossad stood behind the assassination of educated people and intellectuals because Israel knows Palestine will be liberated by scientists.

 

    "Therefore, they tracked this young educated man."

 

Batsh was a lecturer at Universiti Kuala Lumpur, specialising in power engineering, according to the university.

 

A Palestinian in Malaysia who knew Batsh told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the victim was also an imam at a mosque close to his residence.

 

In recent weeks, tensions have been running high at the Gaza-Israel border as Palestinians have ramped up protests demanding the right to return to their former homeland.

 

Israel's use of live fire has drawn international criticism but the Israeli government says it is protecting its borders and takes such action when protesters come too close to the border fence.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-22

55 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

He added the victim had links with foreign intelligence and was active in pro-Palestinian non-governmental organisations, describing him as an expert in electrical engineering and rocket-building.

The long arm of the Mossad is everywhere... it is not a secret than many Hamas operatives are getting trained in Malaysia and Turkey in explosives and other ways to deliver those byways or IED's or drones....

Edited April 22, 20188 yr by ezzra

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

The long arm of the Mossad is everywhere... it is not a secret than many Hamas operatives are getting trained in Malaysia and Turkey in explosives and other ways to deliver those byways or IED's or drones....

 

Hopefully the arm of malaysian justice is quick and long too.

 
Hopefully the arm of malaysian justice is quick and long too.

Sound of boots quaking.

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Kind of ironic - a follower of a religion that wants us all living in the stone-age specializing in electrical engineering and rockets ! 

34 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Sound of boots quaking.

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So evidently Golda Meir was right after all when she said they would be able to get away with anything  

55 minutes ago, lionsincity said:

 

Hopefully the arm of malaysian justice is quick and long too.

 

The Malaysian government has zero tolerance when it comes to extremism and is hunting down extremists and hate-preachers themselves. Not likely this case  will be solved ever

34 minutes ago, car720 said:

The balls on these guys.  No respect for other country's borders whatsoever..  Gangsters is too soft a word for them.  Bully boys and thugs, no matter what side of the fence they are from.

Like Russia...

There is a clue;

the victim was also an imam at a mosque close to his residence.

Would not be the first time a religious dispute got an imam killed.

I just can't see  israel risking the loss of agents in a hostile country to kill this guy. Mossad has typically used explosives and poison, not a driveby.

 

50 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Kind of ironic - a follower of a religion that wants us all living in the stone-age specializing in electrical engineering and rockets ! 

Only ironic to the ignorant.

Blame Mossad and Israel regardless of whether it's true or not. CASE CLOSED. Nice "work" if you can get it.  Easy peasy. 

Edited April 22, 20188 yr by Jingthing

6 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

There is a clue;

the victim was also an imam at a mosque close to his residence.

Would not be the first time a religious dispute got an imam killed.

I just can't see  israel risking the loss of agents in a hostile country to kill this guy. Mossad has typically used explosives and poison, not a driveby.

 

And the authors of the crime hired some assassins with European features to do the job? And Mossad has used guns before in assassinations before.

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Blame Mossad and Israel regardless of whether it's true or not. CASE CLOSED. Nice "work" if you can get it.  Easy peasy. 

 

Shouldn't blame anyone. As the police chief says, they're still investigating. Could be different explanations, none of which include Israel, The Mossad either directly or indirectly.

 

But should the police identify those responsible and manage to catch them, they should face Malaysian law and justice - whoever they are.

4 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Shouldn't blame anyone. As the police chief says, they're still investigating. Could be different explanations, none of which include Israel, The Mossad either directly or indirectly.

 

But should the police identify those responsible and manage to catch them, they should face Malaysian law and justice - whoever they are.

Very true but one cannot resist some finger-pointing (guilty before any proof shown) like the UK, US, France etc over both the Skripals & Douma.

 

Law & justice are out of the window when it comes to international & internally internationalised conflicts.

15 hours ago, ezzra said:

The long arm of the Mossad is everywhere... it is not a secret than many Hamas operatives are getting trained in Malaysia and Turkey in explosives and other ways to deliver those byways or IED's or drones....

And it is not a secret that Israel is a country full of murders. I never understand why so much countries support this country and legalize so this killings!!!

Unbelievable!!!

10 minutes ago, snowgard said:

And it is not a secret that Israel is a country full of murders. I never understand why so much countries support this country and legalize so this killings!!!

Unbelievable!!!

I agree. Your post is

Unbelievable!!!

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I agree. Your post is

Unbelievable!!!

But TRUE!!!

5 minutes ago, snowgard said:

But TRUE!!!

But NOT!!!

 

https://list25.com/25-countries-with-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-world/

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Sound of boots quaking.

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Jack boots?

Kind of ironic - a follower of a religion that wants us all living in the stone-age specializing in electrical engineering and rockets ! 

And a religion that wants the rest of us infidels dead. Live by the sword.........

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Whacking Palestinians in Malaysia is definitely hard core, but based on the guy's activities working for terrorist organization Hamas, it's not exactly as if he was an "innocent" man. 

14 hours ago, midas said:

So evidently Golda Meir was right after all when she said they would be able to get away with anything  

You found a quote and you're gonna run with it.

Here's a better Golda quote --

Quote

“We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.”

 

nothing to see here
move along
just religious freaks doing what they do best ;  butchering each other

It's written in the old testament ' he who come to kill you, get up

earlier and kill him' that guy was no choir boy, he knew that his

days are numbered, and sooner than later, this will the fate for 

all of those who plots to kill Jews and Israelis.... 

Troll posts removed.

 

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

It's written in the old testament ' he who come to kill you, get up

earlier and kill him' that guy was no choir boy, he knew that his

days are numbered, and sooner than later, this will the fate for all of those who plots to kill Jews and Israelis.... 

 

 

..........this will the fate for all of those who plots to kill Jews and Israelis.... 

 

 

Indeed it will.   Those so stupid that they don't heed the message will be dead as a consequence of their own stupidity.  Israel is a formidable force when challenged.

Edited April 23, 20188 yr by F4UCorsair

And it is not a secret that Israel is a country full of murders. I never understand why so much countries support this country and legalize so this killings!!!
Unbelievable!!!

I support Israel strongly though I am not Jewish, have never been there and in fact have no Jewish friends or contacts of any kind.The man killed in Malaysia was a senior Hamas operative, ie from an organisation dedicated to the violent destruction of Israel.

I don’t endorse the killing and I don’t endorse the current awful events in Gaza.But I understand that Israelis are fighting for their existence and I also know that Israel is the only Middle Eastern state with Western values.

I know that anti semitism is on the rise and disgustingly evident in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.I know that criticism of Israeli government policy is not the same as anti semitism.I know that the “enlightened” Left is distinctly anti Israel as is the progressive media.

I have to confess the execution of a Hamas official doesn’t bother me much.




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I support Israel strongly though I am not Jewish, have never been there and in fact have no Jewish friends or contacts of any kind.The man killed in Malaysia was a senior Hamas operative, ie from an organisation dedicated to the violent destruction of Israel.

I don’t endorse the killing and I don’t endorse the current awful events in Gaza.But I understand that Israelis are fighting for their existence and I also know that Israel is the only Middle Eastern state with Western values.

I know that anti semitism is on the rise and disgustingly evident in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.I know that criticism of Israeli government policy is not the same as anti semitism.I know that the “enlightened” Left is distinctly anti Israel as is the progressive media.

I have to confess the execution of a Hamas official doesn’t bother me much.




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Well said Jayboy

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Perhaps someone would care to clarify when the rule of law should apply, and when extra-judicial murders are OK?  

 

 

Perhaps someone would care to clarify when the rule of law should apply, and when extra-judicial murders are OK?  
 
 

They're definitely not legal. I think that is already well established.

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