Saqr Refers Death Penalty Request against Samaha, Mamlouk to Military Court
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr referred a death penalty request against ex-Minister Michel Samaha and Syrian security official Ali Mamlouk to the military court to kick off trials.
The case will be referred to the criminal court of cassation and will be referred later on to the permanent military court to start the trials.
On Wednesday, First Military Examining Judge Riyad Abu Ghida indicted Samaha and Mamlouk on terrorism charges.
A search warrant to identify a Syrian colonel known only by his first name Adnan who plotted for the bombings with the other suspects was also issued.
Abu Ghida said Samaha and Mamlouk should be given the death sentence "for transporting explosives from Syria to Lebanon in an attempt to assassinate Lebanese political and religious leaders.”
The indictment also said that Samaha told the Syrian colonel and general that he would recruit people to carry out attacks in the northern Akkar region targeting Syrian rebels and weapons smugglers to Syria.
Samaha was detained in August, but Mamlouk remains free.
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