Al Mabhouh had injection marks on his leg, Dubai Police say

There were injection marks on his leg. Forensic tests proved that the compound was used to tranquillise him because he was a big man, who would have been difficult to overpower and subdue. The results of the tests were available after a month," Major-General Al Mazeina said. Dubai: The assassins of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh used a drug called succinylcholine to sedate him before suffocating him with a pillow. Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Commandant of Dubai Police, told a press conference on Sunday that succinylcholine, also known as suxamethoniumchloride, was injected, traces of which were found on his leg. "There were injection marks on his leg. Forensic tests proved that the compound was used to tranquillise him because he was a big man, who would have been difficult to overpower and subdue. The results of the tests were available after a month," Major-General Al Mazeina said. The drug was used to give the impression that Al Mabhouh had died a natural death and had not be en assassinated. There were no signs of resistance by Al Mabhouh — something that proved that he was not electrocuted. Al Mazeina denied a media report that there had been a previous assassination attempt on Al Mabhouh in Dubai.

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