http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4237B3EA-3060-4C02-B9C4-154A1CE002A2.htm
Beirut bomb kills ex-communist chief
Tuesday 21 June 2005, 11:36 Makka Time, 8:36 GMT
A civil defence worker inspects the damaged car of George Hawi
An anti-Syrian politician has been killed after a bomb ripped through his car
in Beirut, witnesses and security sources say.
They said George Hawi, former leader of the Lebanese Communist Party, died
instantly in the blast on Tuesday morning in the Wata Musaitbi neighbourhood of
Beirut.
Ghassan bin Jiddo, director of Aljazeera's office in Lebanon, said the car
exploded in front of Hawi's house.
Witness Rami Abu Dargham told Reuters: "The car kept going and we then saw the
driver screaming and he jumped out of the window. We rushed to the car and saw
Hawi in the passenger seat with his guts out."
The bomb was apparently placed under the passenger seat of Hawi's Mercedes car
and was detonated by remote-control, security sources said.
Hawi's driver was injured in the explosion, bin Jiddo said.
Many civil defence and security force officers arrived at the scene and
cordoned off the area.
An opposition figure, Walid Jumblatt, said the killing of Hawi, whom he
described as a nationalist leader, sent a message to all Lebanese.
"Some sides want to cause a state of instability in Lebanon by foiling the
success of the elections in northern Lebanon," said Jumblatt, the leader of the
Progressive Socialist Party.
Second killing
It was the second killing of an anti-Syrian figure in Beirut this month.
Newspaper columnist Samir Kassir was killed on 2 June when a similar explosion
destroyed his car.
Hawi's killing comes two days after the end of Lebanon's parliamentary
elections which were won by an anti-Syrian alliance led by Saad al-Hariri, son
of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, who was also assassinated, on 14
February.
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