Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora said on Monday he would ask the UN Security Council to look into the assassination of MP Jebran Tueni and other similar crimes. He said in a statement that assassination crimes aimed to threaten the whole Lebanese people. He also urged for forming an international tribunal to consider the assassination of former Premier Rafik Al-Hariri.For his part, MP Saad Al-Hariri, son of the slain former premier, denounced the murder of Tueni and called for trying the perpetrators before an international court. He made the statement from Paris, where he is currently. He said those who killed his father were also responsible for killing MP Tueni.
In the meantime, Minister of Education and Higher Education, Khalid Kabbani, said all public and private schools, universities and institutes across the nation will remain closed throughout Tuesday in protest to the assassination of Tueni. Tueni's father, Ghassan Tueni, arrived here coming from Paris aboard a private jet today. A Lebanese cabinet session is currently in progress to consider the terror attack which claimed Tueni's life Monday morning.