Dubai, October 01: Dubai police chief Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim received two death threats from Israel over the assassination of a Palestinian Hamas leader in the Emirate earlier this year, Al Ittihad reported today.
Lt Gen Tamim accused Israel’s Mossad of sending him death threats twice, a few days after he revealed the details of Mabhouh’s assassination at Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai on January 20.
The Police chief disclosed that a new suspect believed to be among those involved in the murder of Mahmoud Mabhouh has been arrested in a Western country in the past two days, adding that Dubai is in touch with that country.
He said the contents of the letter he had received said ”protect your back if you want to keep your mouth open.” He told the paper that ”Dubai authorities have traced the source of that letter.” He also disclosed that he received the second death threat indirectly when one of his relatives received a phone call from a retired Mossad agent, Emirates 24/7 said quoting the Arab Daily report.
”The call came from a retired Mossad agent with Western-Israeli nationality. He asked my relative to advise me to keep silent,” Lt Gen Tamim was quoted in the newspaper.
–UNI