The global police agency Interpol issued wanted notices Wednesday for four men indicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on suspicion of the 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Interpol said the names would be distributed to police forces but not made public at the request of the UN-backed court, although they have already been leaked in Beirut and confirmed as members of the Hezbollah militia.
The identities of the suspects have been distributed to all 188 Interpol member states, whose police forces have been asked to assist in their arrest, a statement from the French-based agency said.
"We have and will continue to closely cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in its efforts to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the assassination of Rafik Hariri," said Interpol chief Ronald Noble
On Sunday, a senior Lebanese official told AFP the warrants were for four senior Hezbollah officers who are accused of carrying out a "terrorist act" and of "killing Rafik Hariri and 21 others using explosives."
The STL indicted four members of the Iranian-and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in connection to the Rafik Hariri murder, but the party’s secretary general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, ruled out their arrest.
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