Man convicted of murder of two Irish soldiers in Lebanon in 1980
Private Thomas Barrett and Private Derek Smallhorne were killed while on a peacekeeping mission over 40 years ago.
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Tuesday 22 Dec 2020, 7:27 AM
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Mahmoud Bazzi pictured in Michigan in the US in 2014.
Image: MCT/SIPA USA/PA Images
Mahmoud Bazzi pictured in Michigan in the US in 2014.
Image: MCT/SIPA USA/PA Images
A MAN HAS been convicted of the murder of two Irish soliders in Lebanon in 1980, Defence Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed.
The trial of Mahmoud Bazzi (76) by a Lebanese Military Tribunal in Beirut Lebanon has been ongoing since June 2015.