Federal CID director Abd Jalil Hassan said the suspect was reportedly arrested by the Palestinian authorities yesterday.

He added that for now, police were seeking confirmation of the suspect’s detention from the Malaysian foreign ministry, Palestinian embassy here and Interpol.

“Police will also get the cooperation of NGOs that have good ties with their counterparts in Palestine to obtain information regarding the matter,” he said when contacted today.

The Hamas-run interior ministry was quoted as saying yesterday that the suspect in the murder of Fadi Mohammed al-Batsh had been arrested.

Interior ministry spokesman Iyad al-Buzom told a press conference in Gaza City that the suspect had confessed that he was recruited by Mossad, the Israeili intelligence agency.

Fadi, a research engineer thought to be linked to Hamas, was gunned down near his home here at 6am on April 21, 2018, while he was on his way to a mosque for subuh prayers.