Lokman Slim: daring Lebanese activist, admired intellectual
By AFP - Feb 05,2021 - Last updated at Feb 05,2021
BEIRUT Lebanese intellectual Lokman Slim, found shot dead on Thursday at age 58, was an outspoken critic of the Shiite movement Hizbollah 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, as well as a leading secular voice in the Shiite Muslim community.
He advocated curbing the influence of Hizbollah, the pro-Iran and anti-Israel political party and armed group that has millions of followers in Lebanon but is labelled a terrorist group by the US, EU and other governments.
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Lebanese security and forensic officials say a prominent publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group has been found dead in his car, shot
Lokman Slim, 58, had increasingly worried about his fate
A prominent Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group was found shot dead in his car on Thursday morning.
Lokman Slim, 58, was found slumped over the passenger seat of his car with multiple wounds from gunshots fired at close range.
He had been missing for hours late on Wednesday when his family posted social media messages looking for him.
Slim had increasingly worried about his fate. Last year he predicted that if anything happened to him, Hezbollah would likely be responsible.
His death is a brazen killing that has sparked fears of a return to political violence in the country, which is also gripped by social and economic upheaval.
Prominent Lebanese Hezbollah critic found shot dead in his car
Shiite activist Lokman Slim had been missing for hours when his body was discovered in southern Lebanon; without directly naming the terror group, his sister alludes to its culpability, saying killing for them is a habit
Associated Press |
Published: 02.04.21 , 14:50 A prominent Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite terror group Hezbollah was found shot dead in his car Thursday morning with multiple bullets in his body at close range, security and forensic officials said.
Lokman Slim, a 58-year-old longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, had been missing for hours since late Wednesday and his family posted social media messages looking for him.