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Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri, speaks to the press as he leaves the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) at Leidschendam. Credit: AFP
An UN-backed tribunal on Tuesday found Hezbollah member Salim Ayyash guilty in absentia over the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri in a huge suicide bombing.
"The trial chamber finds Mr Ayyash guilty beyond reasonable doubt as a co-perpetrator of the assassination of Rafic Hariri," said David Re, presiding judge of the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon.