KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia \u2013 October 18 (ONLINE) Israel\u2019s intelligence agency Mossad is believed to be behind the abduction of a Palestinian man who was snatched from a street in the capital Kuala Lumpur and interrogated before being freed by police, a Malaysian news organisation has reported.<\/p>\n
Malaysia\u2019s New Straits Times reported on Tuesday that the Palestinian computer programmer was bundled into one of two waiting cars by four men involved in the \u201csnatch-and-grab\u201d operation on the night of September 28.<\/p>\n
The kidnapped man \u2013 who was not named \u2013 was beaten as he was driven to a house on the outskirts of the capital where, blindfolded and tied to a chair, he was interrogated over a video call on matters related to the Palestinian political organisation Hamas and its armed wing the Qassam Brigades.<\/p>\n
\u201cA video call had been set up in front of the victim. On the line were two men, believed to be Israelis, whose opening line to him was: \u2018You know why you are here,\u2019\u201d the news organisation reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the next 24 hours, the victim was interrogated and beaten by the Malaysian operatives when his answers were not to the Israelis\u2019 satisfaction,\u201d the news organisation added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Israelis wanted to know about his experience in computer application development, Hamas\u2019 strength in developing software, members of the Al-Qassam Brigade that he knew and their strengths,\u201d a source with knowledge of the case told the New Straits Times.<\/p>\n
The source also said the team of kidnappers \u2013 identified as Malaysians \u2013 had \u201cbungled\u201d the operation as they had let a second Palestinian man get away. The Malaysian operatives had also failed to cover their faces and had not placed fake registration plates on their vehicles, the source said.<\/p>\n
The second Palestinian man, described as a \u201cmore prized capture\u201d, was able to raise the alarm with police who traced the car registration plates to a house where the kidnappers were arrested and the man freed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia \u2013 October 18 (ONLINE) Israel\u2019s intelligence agency Mossad is believed to be behind the abduction of a Palestinian man who was snatched from a street in the capital Kuala Lumpur and interrogated before being freed by police, a Malaysian news organisation has […]<\/p>\n
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