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April 23, 2018

Palestinian Engineer Assassinated in Malaysia; Family Blames Mossad
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In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a Palestinian man was shot and killed
Saturday by two assailants who fired 14 rounds before speeding away on a
motorcycle. The victim, 35-year-old Fadi al-Batsh, was a senior lecturer
at the University of Kuala Lumpur who specialized in engineering and
who'd been living in Malaysia for the past decade. Malaysia's deputy
prime minister said the killers had "European features," and said they
were linked to a foreign intelligence agency. In the Gaza Strip, members
of Batsh's family blamed the Israeli spy agency Mossad for carrying out
the killing.


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