Calls for Arafat ‘killing’ probe after Swiss poison report
Palestinian
officials demanded a global probe into the ‘killing’ of Yasser Arafat on
Thursday, a day after it emerged that Swiss forensic tests showed he probably
died from polonium poisoning.
With the scientific analysis purportedly showing how the Palestinian leader had
died mysteriously, a senior figure in the Palestine Liberation Organisation
called for an international inquiry to determine who was behind it.
‘The (test) results proved Arafat was poisoned by polonium, and this substance is owned by states, not people, meaning that the crime was committed by a state,’ said Wasel Abu Yusef of the PLO’s executive committee.
‘The (test) results proved Arafat was poisoned by polonium, and this substance is owned by states, not people, meaning that the crime was committed by a state,’ said Wasel Abu Yusef of the PLO’s executive committee.
