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Police Dogs Track Killers of Phalangist Victims in Zahle

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Monday, 21 April 2008

Police investigators established on Monday that two assailants were involved in opening fire at a Phalange Party office in Zahle that resulted in killing two party officials and wounding three people. Ranking security officials said the culprits, identified as Joseph Zouki and his brother, Toomeh, used an assault rifle and a pistol in the Sunday attack. The culprits' cousin, Walid, turned himself in to police on Monday and testified to have driven the culprits out of the crime scene, a security official told Naharnhet. "I live within minutes from the crime scene. Joseph and Toomeh showed up at my home and Toomeh forced me to drive them out of the area," Walid was quoted by the security official as telling investigators. The official, who asked not to be further identified, said police dogs were sent to the location set by Walid "first to establish if he is telling the truth and, if so, to track the culprits." Meanwhile, schools, shops and other businesses closed in Zahle on Monday in mourning for Salim Assi and Nassri Marouni, who would be buried Tuesday. Two other Phalange party members and a passerby were wounded in the shooting. The security official said Joseph Zouki was a member of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Lebanon's chapter of President Bashar Assad's ruling party in Syria. Toomeh, the official said, is a member of a Lebanese security agency. Joseph was also in charge of Zahle opposition MP Elie Skaff's security, the source added. The shooting took place shortly after Sami Gemayel, son of former President and Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel, left a Phalange Party ceremony in the area. The elder Gemayel called for calm, and urged the government as well as security authorities to bring the culprits to justice without delay. "The criminal is not (Fatah al-Islam leader) Shaker Abssi. He is known. We demand that the government and the security forces put their hands on the criminals as soon as possible," he added. Gemayel said he believed the Zahle shooting was not a personal attack, but rather a plot aimed at sparking discord.

 

 

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