Lebanese Businessman Killed in Abidjan, Partner Held at Beirut Airport

by Naharnet Newsdesk 13 March 2011, 20:39

Lebanese businessman Ali Fawwaz has been found dead in Ivory Coast's capital Abidjan, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.

Fawwaz's body was found in a river in the Ivorian capital, NNA added.

"The Lebanese judiciary took charge of the case after it learned that one of the victim's business partners had left Abidjan for Beirut as the news of finding the body broke out. He was arrested at the (Beirut) Rafik Hariri International Airport," NNA noted.