Jumblat Slams Jammo's Assassination: Security Agencies Must Unite to Face Impact of Syrian Crisis

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat condemned on Thursday the assassination of pro-government Syrian journalist Mohammed Darrar Jammo, calling on the concerned agencies to uncover the criminals and bring them to justice.

He said in a statement: “Given the increase in crimes and security incidents, such as murders and abductions, it is time for complete coordination between all Lebanese security agencies in order to confront the repercussions of the Syrian crisis.”

“The increased direct or indirect involvement of Lebanese parties in the Syrian crisis is exposing Lebanon to security incidents in various regions,” he noted.

On Jammo's assassination, the MP stated: “One cannot be selective in applying justice.”

“As we had demanded that justice be achieved in the several assassinations that have taken place in Lebanon since 2005, we demand that justice be achieved in Jammo's murder,” Jumblat remarked.

“Condemning political crimes should not be linked to the stances of the victim,” he added.

Jammo was killed at dawn on Wednesday when gunmen attacked him in his apartment in the town of Sarafand, which is a Hizbullah stronghold in southern Lebanon.

The gunmen killed him in a hail of nearly 30 bullets.

Jammo, a 44-year-old journalist and political commentator, was one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's and Hizbullah's most vociferous defenders.