Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said he will make a stance on the information leaked to the press about Hizbullah members being summoned for questioning over the 2005 assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.
Several media outlets had said that Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor-General's Office has ordered to summon six Hizbullah members to hearing in the Hariri case.
Al-Jadid TV said among the Hizbullah members requested to be summoned were Abdul Majid Ghamloush, al-Hajj Salim, Mustafa Badreddine and Qassem Suleiman.
It said the investigation committee confirmed that Hizbullah was willing to cooperate with the international tribunal "which it welcomes in its southern suburbs bastion in order to find the truth."
On Thursday, Tawheed movement leader Wiam Wahab said that according to leaked information, the STL is accusing slain Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh of involvement in Hariri's assassination.
STL Office, however, responded to ongoing speculations, pointing to the flurry of speculations on its work reported by the media and attributed to 'unidentified sources,' some of which are described as 'well informed sources' and 'sources close to the investigation.'
The Prosecutor's Office "considers speculations on the state of progress of its work and the date of issuance of an indictment quite unfortunate and unhelpful as they can only confuse the public," said a statement by Radhia Achouri, spokesperson for STL Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare.
"Regarding information leaked to the media about the summoning of Hizbullah members and the path of this current investigation, and where all this can reach, I will might have something to say in the coming days, God willing," Nasrallah said in a statement issued by Hizbullah.
Before the tribunal was set up, a U.N. commission of inquiry said it had found evidence to implicate Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services in the Hariri murder, but there are currently no suspects in custody.
The assassination has widely blamed on Syria although Damascus has repeatedly denied any involvement.
No comments:
Post a Comment