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| Judge sentences 5 brothers to death for murdering 2 Ziads |
| 2008-09-03 |
| Judge Malik Abla , Examining Magistrate in the case of the assassination of Ziad al-Ghandour and Ziad Qabalan on April 23 last year, issued the charges, in which he accused five brothers from the Shamas family ( whose brother Adnan was killed on January 23 In 2007 during clashes that occurred in the vicinity of the Arab University in Beirut ) of committing the crime. The ruling requested the death penalty for five Shamas brothers who are still at large :Muhammad , Shehadeh, Abdullah, Abbas and Ali Shamas, and also requested the penalty of hard labor for life for each of the detainees: Mustafa Omar Al Saeedy, Ayman Fouad Safwan , Wissam Ghazi Orabi, Saeb Ibrahim Al Dakkdoki for helping in concealing the crime. The ruling also requested a jail sentence of up to three years for each of: Hanan Atwi, Abeer Kabalan, Hassan Hazeemah, Hana Ismail, Rabih Houili for concealing Ali Shamas and for refusing to notify the authorities about the crime he committed Ziad Ghandour, 12 and Ziad Qabalan, 25 were kidnapped late April 2007 and their bodies were found 2 days later in Sidon. The crime was described as an act of revenge for the killing of Adnan Shamas, a 29-year Shia, during the anti-government riot in January this year, but the Shamas clan denied any involvement in the kidnapping and the subsequent murder. The autopsies revealed that both Ziad's were shot in the head from close range ... Each had 3 bullets in his head. It was not immediately determined what type of weapons were used, but preliminary findings show the same weapon was used to kill both. |
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| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-09-03 07:24 |