Europe condemns use of fake passports in assassination plot

Europe’s governments today joined in condemnation of the use of fake EU passports in an assassination plot – but stopped short of naming Israel as the prime suspect.

A statement issued in Brussels after talks between EU foreign ministers came as Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin sought answers in a private meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, where he expressed his "deep concern" about the use of the fake documents by a team who murdered Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month.