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| DNA Tests Confirm Burned Bodies not that of Asir and Shaker |
| 2013-07-04 |
| [An Nahar] Two charred bodies found in the southern city of Sidon in the aftermath of deadly gunbattles are not those of Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and Fadel Shaker, a onetime prominent singer-turned Salafist, the state commissioner to the military court said Wednesday. Judge Saqr Saqr confirmed that DNA tests of al-Asir's and Shaker's families revealed that the bodies were neither of the Salafist holy man, nor of Shaker or his brother. Saqr, who is overseeing the initial investigation carried out by the military intelligence into the fighting between Asir's armed supporters and the army in Abra near Sidon, ordered on Monday the release of nine people who had been nabbed Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! at the end of the battles. Thirty suspects remain in jug, the National News Agency reported Monday. |
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