George Hawi: Photos from the Assassination Location in Beirut

The Lebanese ISF, or “Darak” at the site of the blast with killed George Haw

Elias Atallah Chief of the Democratic Left Party expressing his views @ the site

A view of the assassination site, with a view of the debris of the blast.

Lebanese Internal Security Forces or “Darak”.

The Mercedes which was hit in the bomb-blast, that killed George Hawi.

Youth hanging flag of Jumblat’s “Progressive Socialist Party” and Lebanese

Hariri & Jumblat election poster with fathers who died in assissanation.

Lebanese Internal Security Forces gathered at the site.

A Lebanese soilder picking-up remnants from the explosion.

Candle vigil on the night of the assassination. Boy covered in Lebanese flag.

Vigil with pictures of George Hawi & Rafik Hariri, both died in assassinations.

The crater created from the blast that killed Hawi.

On June 21st, 2005 former leader of the Lebanese Community Party, George Hawi was assassinated in a car bomb in the Kola district of Beirut. Hawi, who is widely known as a living symbol of leftist political movements historically in Lebanon, lost his life just two days after Lebanon’s parliamentary elections came to an end.

Hawi’s death is the latest in a recent string of political assassinations in Lebanon, that began with the assassination of Rafik Hariri in February, which some in Lebanon have blamed on the Syrian government. Hariri’s death sparked a series of popular demonstrations throughout Lebanon, which eventually saw the withdrawal of upwards of 15 000 Syrian troops from Lebanon. There is dispute within Lebanon & internationally as to the remaining presence of major Syrian intelligence apparatus in the country, which some blame for the recent assassinations. Also on June 2nd well-known leftist journalist and half-Palestinian Samir Kassir was also assassinated in the bomb-blast in Beirut.

On the scene of the bombing many Lebanese leftists gathered, shocked by the bombing and expressing that both Hawi’s assassination is a clear indication that well-known leftist political figures in Lebanon are under-attack. It remains unclear who targeted George Hawi today in Lebanon, however the ongoing\ political instability within Lebanon in recent months and stretching back to the civil war continues. The same night of the assassination, activists in Lebanon have called for a vigil to commemorate Hawi’s life in politics and to denounce the ongoing political assassinations in the country.

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