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Anti-Hezbollah Shiite activist Lokman Slim was shot dead in the southern town of al-Addousiyeh with 4 bullets in his head and one in his back.
President Michel Aoun and Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Thursday called for investigations to unveil the circumstances of the assassination of anti-Hezbollah Shiite activist Lokman Slim who was shot dead in the southern town of al-Addousiyeh with 4 bullets in his head and one in his back
Aoun asked State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat to speed up the investigation” to identify the sides that carried out the murder.”
While Diab asked caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi to order security agencies to conduct prompt investigations in order to “unveil the circumstances, pursue the culprits, arrest them and refer them to the judiciary as soon as possible.”
Lebanon: Missing Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim found shot dead in his car
Lokman Slim had been reported missing for hours when his body was discovered in Southern Lebanon.
Family sources said Lokman was visiting friends in a southern village and was expected back in Beirut the same day.
Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi told a local television channel that Lokman Slim was assassinated.
Slim, 58, was a Shiite activist who advocated a secular and inclusive society.
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A forensic coroner on the scene said Slim was shot in his chest, head and neck with four bullets that killed him on the spot. Blood was splattered over the passenger seat of a rental car, where his body had apparently fallen.
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Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi told a local television channel that Lokman Slim was assassinated. State-run National News Agency said he’d been shot four times in the head and once in his back. He was found in his vehicle in south Lebanon, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies.
Slim, 58, was a Shiite activist who advocated a secular and inclusive society. A newspaper affiliated with Hezbollah, Al-Akhbar, has denounced his criticism of the group and had accused him of promoting U.S. and Israeli policy against it.
2021-02-04 14:36:18 GMT2021-02-04 22:36:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BEIRUT, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) Lebanese President Michel Aoun urged on Thursday public prosecutor to conduct investigations into the assassination of activist Lokman Slim, who was found dead in his car with five gunshot wounds, said a statement by Lebanon s Presidency.
The president also stressed the need to expedite the probes in order to clarify what led to this crime and the parties behind it.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohammad Fahmi condemned the horrific crime of the assassination of the 59-year-old political activist and researcher. I have contacted security services leaders to follow up on the circumstances and repercussions of the assassination, he said.
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