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June 30, 2011

Now Lebanon - Judge orders death penalty for killers of Kataeb officials - June 30, 2011

Investigative Judge Fadi al-Oneissy ordered in absentia on Thursday the death penalty for those behind the killing of two Kataeb party officials in the city of Zahle in 2008.
“The judge ordered the death penalty for two fugitives, Joseph Ibrahim Zouki and Tohme Ibrahim Zouki, as well as for Walid Edward Zouki, who was released,” the National News Agency reported.
Oneissy issued an arrest warrant against the three men and transferred their cases to the Justice Council, the NNA added.
Nasri Marouni – the brother of Kataeb bloc MP Elie Marouni –and another Kataeb partisan Salim Assi were shot dead in April 2008 during a ceremony organized by the Kataeb in Zahle.


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