Hizbullah Prevents Forensics Experts from Inspecting Corpses Retrieved from Syria as Party Denies
Two corpses allegedly belonging to Hizbullah members were reportedly entered to Lebanon from Syria on Friday, said al-Mustaqbal daily on Saturday.
The corpses were transferred to a hospital in the southern city of Tyre where forensics experts sought to inspect them, but they were later prevented by Hizbullah, whose members cordoned off the building before entering it, sources from the city told the daily.
The Hizbullah members removed the corpses, which were allegedly brutally murdered, to an unknown location.
The identity of the dead remains unknown, reported al-Mustaqbal.
Informed sources told Future News that the individuals were likely killed in Syria.
They added that the party secretly buries its dead who were killed in Syria, requesting officials in the area from disclosing its activity, reported the news channel.
On Friday, Hizbullah issued a statement denying the reports.
In January, British Prime Minister David Cameron accused Hizbullah and its main regional ally Iran of supporting the Syrian regime's violent crackdown on the country's uprising.
In August, Hizbullah denied a French media report accusing the party of being involved in the killing of Syrian soldiers who had refused to shoot at anti-regime protesters.
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