Military Prosecutor Launches Probe after Prisoner Found Hanged

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr called on Monday for an investigation into the death of a Roumieh prison inmate, who had been found hanged.

The state-run National News Agency said that Saqr tasked his assistant Kamal Nassar with heading to the prison to investigate the case.

The prisoner, Nour al-Arab, was found hanged in one of the prison’s bathrooms in Bloc B, NNA said.

Nassar will try to determine if al-Arab was killed or had committed suicide.

NNA said al-Arab was serving a sentence for fraud.

Roumieh, the oldest and largest of Lebanon's overcrowded prisons, has witnessed sporadic prison breaks in recent years and escalating riots as inmates living in poor conditions demand better treatment.