Israeli official: 'I really have no clue' who killed Iranian nuclear scientist

In an interview on N12’s "Meet the Press," Israeli cabinet minister Tzachi Hanegbi claimed “I really have no clue who did it,” referring to the assassination, according to Reuters.

“It’s not that my lips are sealed because I’m being responsible, I really have no clue,” he said. Hanegbi is a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Reuters notes. 

Fakrizadeh was shot and killed by “armed terrorist elements” while in a vehicle in the town of Absard and died in the hospital after doctors were unable to save him.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed Israel for the killing on Saturday and said the nation would “respond in proper time.”

Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country’s first priority was the “definitive punishment of the perpetrators and those who ordered it,” the AP reported.