Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents in Israel for the purpose of investigating the Dubai assassination are alleged to have hit-and-ran a female Israeli bicycle-rider in Tel Aviv.
The Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) reports that an ABC employee witnessed the AFP car, with Australian embassy license plates, striking the cyclist and failing to stop.
It occurred only hours after the agents arrived in Israel to investigate the suspected misuse of Australian passports in last month’s assassination of Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a top Hamas terrorist leader, in Dubai.
The Australian government recently expressed its sharp protest, directed against Israel, regarding the use of forged Australian passports purportedly belonging to Nicole Sandra McCabe, Adam Marcus Korman and Bruce Joshua Daniel. Israel has not accepted formal responsibility for the killing.
The woman cyclist was unhurt, but says she wants both an apology from the Australian embassy and a new wheel for her damaged bicycle.
ABC reports that the woman said she has contacted a lawyer, and that the embassy said it is investigating but has received no formal complaint. The AFP were unavailable for comment.