A funeral procession of the assassinated Palestinian scientist Fadi al-Batsh was held on Wednesday morning in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Thousands of pro-Palestine activists and civil society representatives flocked to the Malaysian capital to attend the funeral ceremony of slain al-Batsh.
The masses urged the Palestinian resistance to exact a heavy price from al-Batsh’s murderers yelling: “Oh al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’s armed wing) make the criminals pay! Move on Hamas move on”.
Batsh’s body was transferred to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport before it landed at the Cairo International Airport. The cadaver is reportedly on its way to the casualty’s hometown Jabaliya in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Al-Batsh’s body is expected to be received by thousands of angry protesters in Gaza.
Meanwhile the Malaysia police said that the two men suspected of gunning down the Palestinian lecturer in Kuala Lumpur are still in the country.
Two men on a high-powered motorcycle fired at least 14 shots at Fadi al-Batsh an engineering lecturer outside his apartment building on Saturday killing him on the spot.
A Kawasaki motorcycle was found abandoned near a lake about nine minutes from the scene from which police were able to trace a photo of one of the suspects Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun told reporters.
The suspects were believed to have entered Malaysia sometime in late January but it was not known what nationalities they were or where they had traveled from said Mohamad Fuzi.
“We believe the suspects are still in the country” he said. “We have yet to identify them but we suspect that they used fake identification either when entering the country or when they were here.”
Authorities had originally released computer-generated photographs of the suspects who witnesses described as well-built and light-skinned possibly Middle Eastern or European.
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Saturday the suspects were believed to be Europeans with links to a foreign intelligence agency.
Hamas and Batsh’s family have accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency of assassinating Batsh. Israel dismissed the charge.
Mossad has been accused of several high-profile killings involving anti-occupation icons around the world although Israel has consistently denied the accusations.
