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| Lebanon's security finds car used in Gemayel's murder |
| 2007-07-01 |
| Security forces confiscated a car believed to have been used in the assassination of anti-Syrian Minister of Industry and lawmaker Pierre Gemayel seven months ago, a reliable source said. The source speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Japanese-made Honda vehicle, which is believed to have been used in Gemayel's killing, was busted in north Lebanon. The industry minister was shot in the head at point-blank range in broad daylight on Nov. 21. At the time, one escort said two cars took Gemayel's convoy by surprise. One rammed his Kia automobile from behind, while an assassin stepped out of another vehicle and shot the legislator in his car. A bodyguard was also killed. "We have evidence, solid enough to make us believe it is one of the cars used by the assassins" who gunned down Gemayel in Beirut's northeastern suburb of new Jdeideh. However, he said "further laboratory tests to be conducted abroad will provide the definite answer." The source refused to disclose further details. Gemayel was a prominent member of the anti-Syrian March 14 majority alliance that backs Premier Fouad Siniora's government. His killing, as well as that of legislator Walid Eido earlier this month, had been blamed by the Siniora government on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Damascus has denied the charges. |
| Posted by:Fred |