British man: Dubai Hamas assassins stole my identity

12 April 2012

A British man in Israel with the same name as an alleged member of a hit squad that assassinated a top Hamas militant in Dubai says his identity has been stolen.

Melvyn Adam Mildiner said he was "angry, upset and scared" over what he called a misidentification.

Dubai police listed him as one of six British men suspected of being part of an 11-man hit squad that killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a hotel in the Gulf emirate last month.

But Mr Mildiner, a British national but who lives in a town near Jerusalem, today insisted he had nothing to do with the assassination and had never been to Dubai.

The Irish government also said three of the alleged assassins who Dubai claimed were from the country did not exist.

Ireland says its supposed citizens, named yesterday as Gail Folliard, Evan Dennings and Kevin Daveron, do not appear in records of legitimate passport holders.

"We are unable to identify any of those three individuals as being genuine Irish citizens. Ireland has issued no passports in those names," said the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The department said the passport numbers given for the trio in Dubai were counterfeits because they contained the wrong number of digits and no letters.

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