Owners of faked passports linked to killing identified

THE Department of Foreign Affairs has managed to identify the three people whose Irish passports were unknowingly faked by the assassins of a Hamas commander.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said genuine Irish passport numbers were used.

“These numbers correspond to actual numbers on three legitimate Irish passports. However, the identities of the persons recorded on the forged passports do not correspond to those recorded on the valid passports carrying the same numbers,” said Mr Martin.