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Lebanese activist and Hezbollah critic Lukman Slim shot dead

Slim was shot while visiting southern Lebanon. The government has vowed an investigation amid speculation on Hezbollah's alleged involvement.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Feb 4, 2021
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A protester holds a picture of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital, Beirut, on Feb. 4, 2021, the day he was found dead in his car in the country's south. The placard reads in Arabic, "Who killed Lokman, who blew up the port, who killed [former Prime Minister) Rafik Hariri, [journalist] Gibran Toueini, [author] Samir Kassir, ... the party of terror, the party of Satan." — AFP via Getty Images

A prominent Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic was found shot dead in southern Lebanon on Thursday.

Lokman Slim was visiting friends in the area Wednesday and was due to travel back to Beirut that night. Police found his body in his car near the town of Addoussieh. He received several close-range gunshots, the Lebanese news outlet Naharnet reported.

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