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Lebanon: Prominent Hezbollah critic found killed in his car Lokman Slim was an outspoken critic of Lebanon's Shiite militant Hezbollah group. His murder follows years of targeted harassment by the group's supporters. Hezbollah supporters had previously made threats against the activist, pictured in the poster above Lokman Slim, a prominent Lebanese intellectual and vocal critic of the militant Hezbollah group, was found dead in his car on Thursday morning. He was shot several times at close range, a security official reported. The 58-year-old, long threatened for his anti-Hezbollah stance, h...

Lebanon: Prominent Hezbollah critic found killed in his car dw.com 2/4/2021 dw.com Lokman Slim was a well known critic of Lebanon's Shia militia, Hezbollah. His murder follows years of targeted harassment by the group's supporters. © Bilal Hussein/AP Photo/picture alliance Hezbollah supporters had previously made threats against the activist, pictured in the poster above Lokman Slim, a prominent Lebanese intellectual and vocal critic of the militant Hezbollah group, was found dead in his car on Thursday morning, having been shot several times at close range, a security of...

Lokman Slim: daring Lebanese activist, admired intellectual Issued on: 3 min Beirut (AFP) Lebanese intellectual Lokman Slim, found shot dead Thursday at age 58, was an outspoken critic of the Shiite movement Hezbollah and an advocate for preserving the memory of his country's civil war. The son of a prominent lawyer and an Egyptian mother, Slim was an activist, writer, publisher and filmmaker, and a leading secular voice in the Shiite Muslim community. He advocated curbing the influence of Hezbollah, the pro-Iran and anti-Israel political party and armed group that has millions of followers...

BBC News Published image copyrightEPA image captionPeople angered by the killing of Lokman Slim protested outside Beirut's Palais de Justice A prominent critic of the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah has been shot dead. The body of Lokman Slim, a Shia writer and activist, was found inside his car in southern Lebanon. Lebanon's prime minister condemned the "heinous crime", which the EU's ambassador called an "assassination". Security officials said there were no suspects yet, but Mr Slim had blamed leaders of Hezbollah and its allies for death threats he received in lat...