<p>Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was found dead in a luxury hotel room here on January 20, and Dubai police suspect he was murdered by agents of the Israeli secret agency Mossad.<br /><br />Dubai police have so far identified a total of 27 suspects in the murder.<br />"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 in a statement in Lyon in France on Monday.<br /><br />It said the 16 new names make up the second of these "teams", in addition to 11 for whom Interpol issued Red Notices on February 18.<br /><br />"According to the Dubai police investigation, the first team consisted of a smaller core group alleged to have carried out the killing," it said, referring to the 11 named last month.<br /><br />Interpol Secretary General Ronald K Noble said the "thorough" investigation by Dubai Police had established "clear" links through passport records and video surveillance of individuals and groups, as well as through DNA analysis, witness interviews and hotel, credit card, phone and transport records. <br /><br />Interpol's latest list includes the names of at least six Britons and three Australians, along with several whose nationalities were not given.<br /><br />Dubai Police have also agreed to enter into Interpol's international databases all relevant evidence related to the investigation, including DNA profiles recovered from the scene, the Interpol website said.<br /><br />"Sharing all existing available information with Interpol and the international law enforcement community is all the more important when the case reportedly involves multiple cross-border movements worldwide and the use of fraudulently altered passports by individuals using aliases," said Noble.<br /><br />"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. It can only further help connect the dots and shed light on 49-year-old Al Mabhouh's murder and ultimately bring those responsible to justice," he said.<br /><br />The latest publication of the Red Notices came at the request of Dubai Police and Interpol's National Central Bureau in Abu Dhabi.<br /><br />UAE has said the murder of Mabhouh in Dubai is an act of cross-border terrorism that bore the hallmarks of Israel and its intelligence apparatus.</p>
<p>Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was found dead in a luxury hotel room here on January 20, and Dubai police suspect he was murdered by agents of the Israeli secret agency Mossad.<br /><br />Dubai police have so far identified a total of 27 suspects in the murder.<br />"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 in a statement in Lyon in France on Monday.<br /><br />It said the 16 new names make up the second of these "teams", in addition to 11 for whom Interpol issued Red Notices on February 18.<br /><br />"According to the Dubai police investigation, the first team consisted of a smaller core group alleged to have carried out the killing," it said, referring to the 11 named last month.<br /><br />Interpol Secretary General Ronald K Noble said the "thorough" investigation by Dubai Police had established "clear" links through passport records and video surveillance of individuals and groups, as well as through DNA analysis, witness interviews and hotel, credit card, phone and transport records. <br /><br />Interpol's latest list includes the names of at least six Britons and three Australians, along with several whose nationalities were not given.<br /><br />Dubai Police have also agreed to enter into Interpol's international databases all relevant evidence related to the investigation, including DNA profiles recovered from the scene, the Interpol website said.<br /><br />"Sharing all existing available information with Interpol and the international law enforcement community is all the more important when the case reportedly involves multiple cross-border movements worldwide and the use of fraudulently altered passports by individuals using aliases," said Noble.<br /><br />"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. It can only further help connect the dots and shed light on 49-year-old Al Mabhouh's murder and ultimately bring those responsible to justice," he said.<br /><br />The latest publication of the Red Notices came at the request of Dubai Police and Interpol's National Central Bureau in Abu Dhabi.<br /><br />UAE has said the murder of Mabhouh in Dubai is an act of cross-border terrorism that bore the hallmarks of Israel and its intelligence apparatus.</p>