February 5, 2021 at 1:38 am | Published in: Lebanon, Middle East, News
Lebanese police in Beirut, Lebanon on 19 March 2017 [STR/AFP/Getty Images] February 5, 2021 at 1:38 am
Anti-Hezbollah activist Luqman Salim has been found dead in his car on Thursday, south of Lebanon. This is the first murder of a prominent anti-Hezbollah activist in years.
Two security sources claimed that Salim, who runs a research centre, was shot twice in the head. The sources added that the motive behind the murder has not yet been discovered, but a preliminary investigation is underway. One of the sources alleged that the victim s phone had been found on the side of a road in southern Lebanon.