Military Examining
Magistrate Judge Riyad Abu Ghida heard on Tuesday the testimonies of
ex-Minister Michel Samaha's bodyguard and driver over the bombing attacks plot.
Bodyguard Ali Mallah and
driver Fares Barakat, who were arrested for questioning on Aug. 9 and later
released, testified to Abu Ghida on the transfer of explosives from Syria in an
attempt to carry out bombings in northern Lebanon.
Samaha’s lawyer Sakhr
al-Hashem met with the former minister at the headquarters of the military
police.
Meanwhile, Abu Ghida
summoned al-Joumhouria newspaper’s editorial director Charles Jabbour and
manager Khalil Abu Antoun to hear their testimonies as witnesses for publishing
the transcript of Samaha’s confessions.
But the session was
postponed to next Tuesday.
Samaha was arrested by
the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch during a raid on his house on
Aug. 9.
The former minister, Syrian
National Security Bureau head Ali Mamlouk and a Syrian officer identified as
Brig. Gen. Adnan were accused on Aug. 11 of plotting to assassinate political
and religious figures in Lebanon and carry out terrorist attacks.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/51523
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