UN-backed tribunal Tuesday convicted a member of Iran-backed Hezbollah of conspiring to kill former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanon's political forces.
, reacted to the verdict by saying it was time for Hezbollah to assume responsibility.
Delivering their verdict over several hours, the judges said there was insufficient evidence against three other men charged as accomplices in the bombing and they were acquitted. The 2,600-page ruling found Ayyash had affiliation with Hezbollah, and formally convicted him of a terrorist attack and the homicide of Hariri and 21 others. He could face up to life imprisonment at a later sentencing.
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