Britons ‘shocked’ at link to Hamas leader’s killers

TWO Britons whose passport details were apparently used by the killers of a Hamas commander have expressed shock at being suspected.

Dubai police named 11 people they believe were involved in last month’s killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.

In a fresh twist to the case, the Foreign Office said the six British passports involved were “fraudulent”, while officials in Dublin said they had “issued no passports” in the names of the three people using Irish identities.

Those travelling with UK documents were named as Michael Lawrence Barney, James Leonard Clarke, Jonathan Louis Graham, Paul John Keeley, Stephen Daniel Hodes and Melvyn Adam Mildiner.

It is thought that while details like the names, numbers and dates of birth matched the originals, the photographs and signatures differed.

Israel-based Melvyn Mildiner, 31, who holds a British and Israeli passport, said he was shocked at the apparent use of his ID.

And Kent-born Paul Keeley, 42, a builder who has lived on a Kibbutz in northern Israel for the past 15 years said he had not left Israel for two years.

He said: “It is all very worrying but I know I have not done anything wrong.”

Al-Mabhouh died in his hotel room near Dubai international airport on January 20.