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Police stand by a missile seized at an airport hangar near Pavia, northern Italy - AP

Missile sold to third country: Qatar

July 17, 2019 | 09:14 p.m EDT

DOHA: A missile once owned by the Qatari army and seized by police in Italy among other weapons was sold to a third country in 1994, Doha said Tuesday. "Qatar is working very closely now with the pertinent parties, including Italy, to unveil the facts and it is very concerned as to how a missile sold 25 years ago ended up in the hands of a third non-state party," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Lolwah Al-Khater on Twitter.

Police arrested three people, including Fabio Del Bergiolo, 50, a former candidate for the neo-fascist Forza Nuova party, whose home was found to contain a huge stash of arms as well as neo-Nazi propaganda and Hitler memorabilia.

Khater said the seized 245-kg Matra missile was sold by Doha "in 1994 in a deal that included 40 Matra Super 530 missiles to a friendly nation that wishes not to be named at this point of the investigation". - AFP

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July 17, 2019 09:14 PM

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