Lebanon Will Submit STL’s Report over Suspects before End of Timeframe
Judicial authorities completed the report that will be sent to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri, before the end of the indictment’s specified timeframe on August 11, An Nahar newspaper reported on Monday.
The daily said that the report includes a detailed presentation of the efforts made by these authorities and the Lebanese security apparatuses in tracking down the four suspects named in the indictment issued by the STL.
Judicial sources told the newspaper that STL President Judge Antonio Cassese’s response to the report will be clear after Lebanon submits it.
“He will then issue a statement to announce if he considers the Lebanese efforts were enough or not,” they said.
The sources noted that it’s not clear if Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen will publish the details of the indictment, which is his authority.
In July, Fransen ordered confidentiality around the charges against the four suspects in the Hariri murder be dropped.
Salim Jamil Ayyash, 47, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, 50, Hussein Hassan Oneissi, 37 and Assad Hassan Ssabra, 34, are operatives of Hizbullah.
The names of the four, whose whereabouts are not known, were revealed by the Lebanese government late last month after being leaked to local media following a tribunal confirmation on June 30 that it had submitted a confidential indictment and arrest warrants to Lebanese authorities.
On July 8, Fransen issued an international arrest warrant against the accused and it authorized the prosecutor's office to give it to Interpol to issue a "red notice" on the suspects.
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