They entered the room using copies of keys they had somehow acquired. The Dubai authorities claim there were two teams: one carried out surveillance of the target, while the other-which appears to be a group of younger men, at least as far as the camera shots show-carried out the killing.Ĭontrary to reports, the squad did not break into Mabhouh’s hotel room, nor did they knock on the door. To co-ordinate their movements on the ground, the team used discreet, sophisticated short-range communication devices as they tracked their victim. However, Dubai police traced a high volume of calls and text messages between three phones carried by the assassins and four numbers in Austria where a command centre had apparently been established. Throughout the operation, none of the suspects made a direct call to any another. The bald Daveron donned a dark wig and glasses, while Folliard appears to have removed a blonde wig to reveal dark hair. Both switched hotels that afternoon and dressed smartly to pose as hotel staff. The group switched hotels several times and wore disguises including false beards and wigs, while surveillance teams rotated in pairs through the hotel lobby, never hanging around for too long and paying for everything in cash.įolliard and another member of the party carrying an Irish passport in the name of Kevin Daveron were operating as spotters on the second floor of the hotel when the murder was committed. Security footage of the killers’ movements during the afternoon, released by police in Dubai yesterday, underlines the professionalism of the operation.
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The January 19th assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh reads like a very professional operation:
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