Poland to extradite Mossad agent to Germany

A Polish court decided on Wednesday July 7, to extradite an alleged Israeli secret service agent to Germany over claims he is linked to the January assassination of a Hamas figure in Dubai.

“The court has decided to hand over Uri Brodsky to German authorities for judicial procedures there,” Warsaw regional court Judge Tomasz Talkiewicz said following a closed hearing.

“The court did not decide whether Brodsky committed the crime for which he is under investigation, the court only checked whether the extradition request fulfils the formal requirements and whether the suspect is correctly identified,” he said.

The court said Mr Brodsky had three days to appeal the decision, but the suspect’s lawyer said it was not immediately clear whether an appeal would be launched.

Seven masked and heavily armed Polish anti-terrorist police officers escorted Brodsky into the Warsaw court on Wednesday for the hearing behind closed doors.

According to Der Spiegel, which broke the story on its website last month, Brodsky was arrested at Warsaw airport on June 4 on suspicion of obtaining a German passport by fraudulent means.

The passport was used by people involved in the January 20 assassination in Dubai of Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a leading figure in the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Germany issued an international arrest warrant for Brodsky several weeks ago.