Hezbollah man sentenced to life for Hariri's murder - Newspaper

People gather near the graves of people who were killed in the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon. — Reuters/File
LEIDSCHENDAM: An international court sentenced a fugitive Hezbollah member on Friday to five life jail terms for the 2005 assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 other people.
Salim Ayyash, 57, was found guilty in absentia of murder and terrorism on August 18 by the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon over the huge suicide bombing that killed the billionaire politician and injured 226 others.
Ayyash remains on the run. Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Hezbollah movement, refusing to hand him over or to recognise the UN-backed court.

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