Malaysian police release photo of suspect in Palestinian engineer's killing

Malaysian police on Wednesday released a photo of one of two suspects wanted for the killing of a Palestinian engineer last week.

Police had previously released computer-generated images of two men they believe were behind the killing of Fadi al-Batsh in Kuala Lumpur.

The photo released on Wednesday shows what appears to be a Caucasian man with a prominent black goatee.

Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun told reporters that authorities werwe able to retrieve one of the suspects' photo after discovering the abandoned getaway motorcycle near a lake.

He added that the two suspects are still believed to have entered Malaysia in January and could still be in the country.

Al-Batsh's body was brought to a mosque in Kuala Lumpur nearby the scene of his killing for prayers on Wednesday, before being prepared for repatriation to Gaza.

A specialist in electrical and electronic engineering, al-Batsh  worked at a Malaysian university. He had lived there with his family for the past eight years and was an imam at a local mosque.

Senior Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh told The Associated Press that based on previous assassinations "Mossad is not away from this disgraceful, terrible crime".

"There will be an unsettled account between us and it," Haniyeh said at the Gaza mourning tent, referring to Mossad. "We cannot give up on the blood of our sons, youths and scholars."