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Lokman Slim: daring Lebanese activist, admired intellectual
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Lebanese intellectual Lokman Slim, found shot dead Thursday at age 58, was an outspoken critic of the Shiite movement Hezbollah and an advocate for preserving the memory of his country s civil war.
The son of a prominent lawyer and an Egyptian mother, Slim was an activist, writer, publisher and filmmaker, and a leading secular voice in the Shiite Muslim community.
He advocated curbing the influence of Hezbollah, the pro-Iran and anti-Israel political party and armed group that has millions of followers in Lebanon but is labelled a terrorist group by the US, EU and other governments.
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image captionPeople angered by the killing of Lokman Slim protested outside Beirut s Palais de Justice
A prominent critic of the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah has been shot dead.
The body of Lokman Slim, a Shia writer and activist, was found inside his car in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon s prime minister condemned the heinous crime , which the EU s ambassador called an assassination .
Security officials said there were no suspects yet, but Mr Slim had blamed leaders of Hezbollah and its allies for death threats he received in late 2019.
At that time he was active in the anti-government protest movement that saw huge crowds demand a complete overhaul of Lebanon s political system.
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