Rafik Hariri tribunal: Verdict due over assassination of Lebanon ex-PM
The long-awaited verdict is due in the trial of four men allegedly involved in the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri and 21 others in a 2005 bombing.
Outrage at the attack in Beirut forced Hezbollah's backer Syria to pull its troops out of Lebanon after 29 years.More than 220 people were also injured when a van filled with explosives blew up as Mr Hariri's convoy passed along Beirut's seafront corniche. He is expected to be at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon , which is based in a village on the outskirts of The Hague, when the verdict is delivered on Tuesday.Salim Jamil Ayyash, Hassan Habib Merhi, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan SabraNone of them commented on the trial. But their court-appointed defence lawyers dismissed the prosecution's case, saying it relied on circumstantial evidence and did not prove they were guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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