UN-backed court finds lead defendant Salim Jamil Ayyash guilty of involvement in bombing that killed former Lebanon PM Hariri
This file photo shows workers as they install a poster depicting Lebanon's assassinated former prime minister Rafik al Hariri in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. February 12, 2010.
The judges were yet to rule on Ayyash's guilt or innocence on charges including committing a terrorist attack and homicide. The judges in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon are shredding the prosecution's case against the 4 Hezbollah members accused in the killing of Rafic Hariri. A $1 billion, 10-year old investigation into a 15 year-old crime. Final verdict still to come though.Earlier the tribunal said there's no evidence that the leadership of the Iran-backed Shia group Hezbollah, or the Syrian government, were involved in the 2005 bombing that killed Hariri.
The verdict on Tuesday comes as Lebanon is still reeling from the aftermath of a huge explosion that killed 178 people this month and from an economic meltdown that has shattered their lives.
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