Hisham, Elie Daou Charged in Rabih Kahil Murder
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Thursday two suspects with the murder of army Major Rabih Kahil, various media outlets reported.
They said that Hisham and Elie Daou were charged in the case.
Hisham Daou was charged with opening fire at officer, hitting him in the leg four times.
Elie Daou is charged with interfering in the accident.
Saqr then referred the case to the military examining magistrate.
Kahil died in hospital last week after succumbing to wounds sustained in a shooting in Bdadoun.
A statement issued by the Army Command said the officer was “shot by a criminal as he was passing in the Bdadoun area.”
According to his family, he was heading to his house in the nearby Aley District town of al-Qmatiyeh.
Several TV networks said the officer was shot during a quarrel with two men after he parked his car on the side of the road in Bdadoun to make a phone call.
The dispute erupted after the two men arrived in a car and asked Kahil to leave the area, although he identified himself as an army officer.
A fistfight ensued before one of the men, Hisham Daou, opened fire at Kahil from a weapon equipped with a silencer.
M.T.
G.K.
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