(ANSA-AFP) - ROME, AUGUST 18 - Salim Ayash, the alleged Hezbollah member who was the main accused in the attack in which the former Lebanese Prime Minister RafiqHariri was killed on February 14, 2005, was found guilty by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of the UN. The other three defendants were found not guilty. The Lebanese media reports. All four are fugitives.
According to the court, which today read the verdict in Leidschendam, the Netherlands, there is not enough evidence to convict the other three defendants, Assad Sabra, HusseinOneissi and Hassan Merhi.
After today's verdict, the sentence with the sentence imposed on Ayash will be handed down at a later time. However, the condemned man has a month to appeal against the green man.
The Tribunal also said that "there is no evidence" of the Lebanese pro-Iranian Hezbollah or Syria movement involved in the assassination. (ANSA-AFP).
Main culprit charged with Hariri's death
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ROME, AUG 18 - Salim Ayash, the alleged member of Hezbollah who was the main accused in the attack in which former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was killed on February 14, 2005, was found guilty by the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (HANDLE)
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