Rafik Hariri
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Report: 5 Hezbollah members to be indicted for Hariri murder
London's Arabic newspapers report special court set up to probe 2005 assassination of moderate Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri ready to file charges
The London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Monday that the special judicial authority set up to investigate the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will soon indict five Hezbollah operatives in connection with the 2005 hit.
According to the report, the court will file a motion with Beirut's government to produce the five for questioning, but their identity is expected to remain a mystery at this time.
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Both reports are based on "Paris-based international sources" who claim that a Beirut judge is expected to receive the court's proposed indictment this week.
German Judge Detlev Mehlis, who was appointed head of the international inquiry into Hariri's assassination, said in a recent radio interview that the investigation concluded that the Syrian regime ordered the assassination.
Mehlis claimed in the interview that Syrian President Bashar Assad "ordered Hariri killed because he feared the premier was cooperating with France and the US in order to overturn the Syrian regime and disarm Hezbollah."
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