The Hamas commander who was killed in his Dubai hotel room was drugged and then suffocated, police have said.
It is believe a sedative was used to relax the victim’s muscles to make his death look more natural.
Major General Khamis Mattar al-Mazeina, deputy commander of Dubai police said in a statement: “The killers used the drug succinylcholine to sedate Mahmoud al Mabhouh before they suffocated him.”
He added: “There were no signs of resistance shown by the victim.”
Mabhouh was found dead in his hotel room on January 20.Read Full Article
The medication listed is not actually a sedative at all, it’s a paralytic. The medicine has no impact on a persons consciouness. It simply makes it impossible to move most muscles including the diaphragm making breathing impossible.