Interpol, at the request of authorities in Dubai, issued an additional 16 red notice Monday to assist in the arrest of suspects linked to the murder of Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai, bringing the total of 27 suspects sought by the international agency.
 

A statement issued by Interpol, said the creation of the international Dubai based task force and the publication of the new Red Notices, stemmed from the probe conducted in Dubai, that showed “international links and broad scope of the number of people involved.”

The agency said the Dubai police probe revealed that members of the first team consisted of a small group believed to have killed Mabhouh, while a second team of members now the subject of the Red Notices, are ”believed to have aided and abetted the first team by closely watching and reporting Mabhouh’s movements from the moment he landed at Dubai airport until his murder on January 19,” the agency said.
 

Interpol’s Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble said the thorough investigation by Dubai police has established “clear” links through passport records and video surveillance of individuals and groups, as well as through DNA analysis, witness interviews and hotel, credit card, phone and transport records.

Dubai police have agreed to enter all the information on to the Interpol data base he said.
 

 “Sharing all existing available information with Interpol and the international law enforcement community is all the more important when the case reportedly involves multiple cross-border movements worldwide and the use of fraudulently altered passports by individuals using aliases,” Noble said.
 

“Evidence of these global links touching each of Interpol's four regions worldwide, makes the creation of the international task force with Interpol and interested countries whose passports were fraudulently altered, essential to the investigation. It can only further help connect the dots and shed light on Al-Mabhouh’s murder and ultimately bring those responsible to justice,” a statement issued by Interpol said.
 

The latest publication of the Red Notices came at the request of Dubai police and Interpol's National Central Bureau (NCB) in Abu Dhabi, with whom the Interpol General Secretariat headquarters and Command and Co-ordination Centre in Lyon are working closely, together with NCBs in other member countries, to determine the true identities of the alleged perpetrators behind Mabhouh’s murder, the agency said.