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| Judge Seeks Death Penalty for Arsal Municipal Chief in Deadly Army Assault |
| 2013-07-10 |
| [An Nahar] A Military Examining Magistrate demanded on Tuesday the death penalty for 37 suspects, including the municipal chief of the northeastern town of Arsal, over the killing of two soldiers in February. The request was made in the indictment issued by Judge Fadi Sawan. The judge also issued search and investigation warrants against 16 unidentified suspects involved in the murder of Captain Pierre Bashaalani and Sergeant Ibrahim Zahraman. Bashaalani and Zahraman were killed and several soldiers injured when Arsal gunmen ambushed their patrol on Feb. 1. Sawan also issued arrest warrants against 53 people accused of murder, attempted-murder, use of violence against the army, and the theft of weapons and ammunition. The charges include the possession of arms and explosives. Last month, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged three people for killing soldiers at a checkpoint in the area of Wadi Hmeid in the outskirts of Arsal on May 28. |
| Posted by:Fred |