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[Rick Halperin]

July 9


LEBANON:

State prosecutor seeks death penalty in slaying of '2 Ziads'


State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza announced his findings Tuesday in the case of
the slaying of 12-year-old Ziad Ghandour and 25-year-old Ziad Qabalan,
whose bodies were found dumped near a road south of Beirut several days
after their disappearance last April.

Mirza requested the death penalty for 5 of the suspects, brothers
Mohammad, Shehada, Abdullah, Abbas and Ali Shamas, who are accused of
killing Ghandour and Qablaan in retaliation for Ghandour's alleged role in
the death of their brother Adnan Shamas during clashes at the Beirut Arab
University last year.

A total of 19 people have been implicated in the crime, of which only 4
have been apprehended by authorities.

The 5 main suspects have been missing since the date of the crime. The
Judicial Council, the highest court in Lebanon, has not yet set a date for
the trial.

(source: The Daily Star)