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| Helicopter attack: 3 more Hezbollah gunmen opened fire |
| 2008-09-03 |
| Military investigation into the shooting at a Lebanese army helicopter was likely to expand the hypothesis that there was more than one person involved in the attack based on testimony by co-pilot Mahmoud Abboud and other witnesses, the daily al Liwaa reported Tuesday. It said military investigators have demanded that Hezbollah turn over three other men allegedly involved in Thursday's helicopter shooting attack which killed airman Samer Hanna in Sujud, south Lebanon. Hezbollah on Friday turned over one suspect to the judiciary saying he was the person who opened fire at the helicopter Hanna was flying over Sujud hills. Meanwhile, LBC television said Hezbollah is positively responding to the investigators' demands, adding that preliminary probe showed that there was no motive behind the attack. It said the man who opened fire did so because he was suffering from tension as did the rest of his comrades who thought they faced an Israeli military airdrop. LBC said the helicopter was hit by three bullets, one of which penetrated the windshield and killed Hanna. |
| Posted by:Fred |