English By Reuters Share on Facebook Print this page BEIRUT - A prominent Lebanese Shi ite publisher who criticized Iran-backed Hezbollah was found shot dead in a car in southern Lebanon on Thursday, two security sources and his family said.
A judge following the case said the body of Lokman Slim had four bullets in the head and one in the back, in the first such killing of a known activist in years.
One of the security sources also said Slim, who ran a research center and made films, was shot in the head. The second said Slim s phone was found earlier on the side of a road.
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BEIRUT A prominent Lebanese Shi’ite publisher who criticized Iran-backed Hezbollah was found shot dead in a car in southern Lebanon on Thursday, two security sources and his family said.
A judge following the case said the body of Lokman Slim had four bullets in the head and one in the back, in the first such killing of a known activist in years.
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One of the security sources also said Slim, who ran a research center and made films, was shot in the head. The second said Slim’s phone was found earlier on the side of a road.