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Mourners have attended the funeral of a slain Lebanese publisher and outspoken Hezbollah critic whose murder last week provoked a public outcry. Lokman Slim was found dead with six bullets in his body last week on a deserted rural road in the country’s south, in the first high-profile killing in Lebanon in years that sparked fears of a new wave of political violence amid deepening social and economic turmoil. Thursday’s memorial service took place at Slim’s family home in the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, with relatives, friends and diplomats in attendance. “Weapons don’t serve the country. They didn’t serve me, they cost me my son,” Salma Mershak, Slim’s mother and an historian, said at the ceremony, calling people to protect his legacy and the country from descending into violence.

United statesUnited kingdomLokman slimMonika borgmannCilina nasserAl jazeera zeina khodrShia muslimSalma mershakDorothy sheaNazir ghanemAl jazeeraZeina khodrMiddle eastஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்லோக்மேன் மெலிதான