BEIRUT - Saad Hariri, son and political heir of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, said in an interview published on Tuesday that he had left the country after a plot to kill him was uncovered. Hariri has been living abroad for two months, citing security fears after a series of bombings and assassinations that followed his fatherâs killing on Feb. 14 fuelled concerns the country was sliding into chaos.Hariri told the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat he had left the country on the advice of foreign powers because of threats to his life. âBut we also captured some people and knew their whereabouts in Lebanon and what they were plotting to do...,â he said. âWe had confirmed information about groups planning for this (assassination) attempt,â he told the paper in Paris without giving further details.
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