Lebanese PM: Beirut cannot remain a playground for crime and lawlessness
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the murder of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani in the capital Beirut, emphasizing the need to protect the capital's security.
Translated by Qiyas from السياسة — Original source
- Condemned the murder of former Iraqi MP Ahmed Al-Alwani and praised efforts to uncover the circumstances surrounding it
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the murder of former Iraqi MP Ahmed Al-Alwani on Wednesday, noting that the victim’s body was found inside an apartment in the Tariq Al-Jadida area of the capital, Beirut. Salam emphasized the necessity of safeguarding the security of the capital and the safety of all individuals on Lebanese soil.
In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Media Office said that Salam commended the efforts of judicial and security agencies to uncover the details of the crime, stressing that “Beirut cannot remain a playground for crime and lawlessness,” and that protecting the capital’s security and the safety of everyone in Lebanon is a matter that allows for no complacency.
It was announced on Tuesday that former Iraqi parliamentarian Ahmed Al-Alwani had been killed, following the discovery of his body in an apartment in the Tariq Al-Jadida district of Beirut.
In a separate statement, Ahmed Ramy Al-Hajj, the Public Prosecutor at the Lebanese Court of Cassation, said that the Public Prosecutor is personally following up on the investigation and is directly supervising the preliminary inquiries conducted by the Information Department of the Internal Security Forces, with the aim of uncovering the circumstances of the crime and determining the conditions under which it occurred.
