Indictments in Cases Linked to Hariri’s Murder to Be Released Wednesday
Indictments in the assassination of former Lebanese Communist Party leader George Hawi and attempted assassinations of former ministers Elias Murr and Marwan Hamadeh will likely be released on Wednesday, revealed widely informed sources to Al-Liwaa daily in remarks published on Saturday.
The indictment in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri meanwhile may be released at the end of August, they added.
This announcement was made in light of recent revelations that the cases of Hawi, Murr, and Hamadeh are linked to Hariri’s.
A delegation from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon had held a meeting on Friday with Hawi’s widow Sossy, and daughter, Naya, at the Justice Palace to inform them that Hawi’s case is connected to Hariri’s, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Saturday.
Hamadeh and Murr were delivered the same information during separate meetings with the delegation on Thursday, it added.
The delegation also later held talks on Friday with the families of victims who were killed during Murr and Hamadeh’s assassination attempts, it said.
It explained that new findings in the investigations in Hariri, Murr, Hamadeh, and Hawi’s cases led to the conclusion that the four accused in Hariri’s murder are involved in the other three crimes.
These three files will immediately be removed from the Lebanese judiciary and handed to the STL, al-Hayat said.
The indictment in Hariri’s assassination was handed to the Lebanese judiciary in late June and it was accompanied by arrest warrants against four members of Hizbullah suspected of being involved in the crime.
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