Prominent Lebanese Hezbollah critic found shot dead in his car
Shiite activist Lokman Slim had been missing for hours when his body was discovered in southern Lebanon; without directly naming the terror group, his sister alludes to its culpability, saying killing for them is a habit
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Published: 02.04.21 , 14:50 A prominent Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite terror group Hezbollah was found shot dead in his car Thursday morning with multiple bullets in his body at close range, security and forensic officials said.
Lokman Slim, a 58-year-old longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, had been missing for hours since late Wednesday and his family posted social media messages looking for him.
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.
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers transport the body of Lokman Slim, a longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, found dead in his car in the Addoussieh village, in the southern province of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. A prominent Lebanese publisher and strong critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group has been found dead in his car, shot in the head with two bullets, a security official said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
ADDOUSSIEH, Lebanon A prominent Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group was found shot dead in his car on Thursday morning, a brazen killing that sparked fears of a return to political violence in this country gripped by social and economic upheaval.
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