Beirut: The widow of Lebanese intellectual Lokman Slim called Friday for a UN fact finding mission to determine whether his assassination and two othe.
Tuesday, 22 December, 2020 - 18:30
No clear motive has so far surfaced for the murder of the 36-year-old Lebanese telecoms employee and freelance photographer Asharq Al-Awsat
When Joe Bejjany was shot with a silencer as he got ready to take his two daughters to pre-school, it shocked not only his mountain village but a country already on edge.
No clear motive has so far surfaced for the murder of the 36-year-old Lebanese telecoms employee and freelance photographer on Monday. But that did not stop local media and people wondering aloud whether it was linked to an ongoing investigation into August’s devastating blast at Beirut port.
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A Lebanese photographer was shot to death by hooded men on Monday morning as he prepared to take his children to school
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his car outside his home in the mountain village of Kahaleh, about 13km from Beirut.
As he prepares to drive off, two men arrive on a motorcycle and approach the car. They open
the driver s door and shoot Bejjany
several times with silenced pistols. The men then flee off-camera on foot. They are still at large.
Lebanon’s state news agency said Bejjany died of his wounds in the nearby Saint Charles Hospital. His death sparked outrage in the country.