Thread by @megaphone_news

On Wednesday, #Beirut First Investigating Judge Charbel Abou Samra indicted the two perpetrators of the "Ansar #crime,"
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Hussein Fayyad and Hassan al-Ghannash, for the murder of Basima Abbas and her three daughters Rima, Tala and Manal Safawi, requesting that they be sentenced to death.
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Abou Samra based his decision on Article 549 of the Penal Code, which stipulates the death penalty for premeditated murder, and abetting or executing it.
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Abou Samra concluded his investigation with the two perpetrators last week and sent the file to the Public Prosecution office. Abou Samra's indictment was referred to the Criminal Court, which will issue the final ruling against the two offenders.
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The security forces found the victims' bodies on March 25, after Fayyad disclosed the location of the mass grave that he had moved the bodies to with al-Ghannash's help. The four women had disappeared on March 2, while Fayyad was in contact with one of them.
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The last death sentences in #Lebanon were carried out in 2004 in #RoumiehPrison: Two detainees were executed by firing squad while a third was hanged, for premeditated murders they had committed.
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