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March 20, 2012

The Daily Star - Judges call for death penalty in murder cases, March 20, 2012



BEIRUT: Two investigative judges called Monday for death penalties to be given to three people charged in separate murder cases, the National News Agency reported.
Sidon’s Investigative Magistrate called Monday for the death penalty to be handed down to a man charged with the February murder of a money changer in the southern coastal city.
Sidon’s Examining Magistrate Mounif Barakat also called for capital punishment for Syrian national Nasser Fares, 22, for the Feb. 28 robbery and murder of Mohammad Natout.
Fares allegedly stabbed Natout to death and robbed $5,000 from his store. He confessed to the crime shortly after his arrest on the day of the killing.
Separately, Beirut Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghida called for the death penalty to be given to two Syrian brothers, George and Michel Tanielian, who were arrested in November for at least six brutal murders.
An arrest warrant was issued for the brothers and they were referred to the Military Tribunal for trial on charges of murdering Corporal Ziad Dib by shooting him with an unlicensed weapon.
The murder took place on Nov. 11 last year in the area of Jisr al-Wati on the road adjacent to Beirut River.
Dib was allegedly their 11th victim in a 15-month-killing spree that began when they killed a taxi driver and stole his car, which they later used to kill other victims.
Following his arrest, Michel Tanielian told interrogators that he had been responsible for killing 10 people and had attempted to kill two others.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Mar-20/167302-judges-call-for-death-penalty-in-murder-cases.ashx#axzz1peKK35TQ

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