Islamic Action Front Official Shot Dead in Tripoli
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ﻏﺘﻴﺎﻝ عضو «ﺟﺒﻬﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺍلإﺳﻼﻣﻲ» ﺳﻌﺪ الدين ﻏﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻃﺮﺍﺑﻠﺲ
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a Sunni cleric in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Tuesday, the latest attack in a spate of Syria-related violence to wrack the area.
Saadeddine Ghiyyeh, an official in the Islamic Action Front who is reportedly close to Hezbollah, was shot multiple times in his car as he was leaving home.
A photo on the National News Agency's website appeared to show Ghiyyeh lying face down in his car with a head wound.
His killing comes about 10 days after gunmen in Tripoli opened fire on a group of Alawi workers, injuring nine of them.
Ghiyyeh was wounded in September when his car exploded moments after he parked it.
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Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah condemned the assassination of martyr Sheikh Saadeddine Ghiyyeh, the Islamic  Action Front official, in Tripoli."Sheikh Saadeddine Ghiyyeh was assassinated this morning by wanton shots which martyred him after he was exposed to a number of futile assassination attempts." In the ninth night of Muharram at Sayyed Al-Shuhadaa complex in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the murder is serious as it targets the resistance path. "It also targets all who advocate the national unity and coexistence in Lebanon all who oppose the takfiri track in ordering the priorities of the nation." "Sheikh Ghiyyeh's assassination is a serious indication and a dangerous track that has started in Tripoli and may head to other Lebanese areas," Sayyed Nasrallah noted. "The government must take the events of this assassination as well as Tripoli and Dahiyeh blasts seriously and sensitively," his eminence added. Sayyed Nasrallah pointed out that although some political forces claim prudence for the safety and the security of the Lebanese, they ignored the assassination as if it had not happened. In a different context, Sayyed Nasrallah emphasized that Ashura gives us the model that we can adopt in our life. His eminence quoted the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Imam Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who said, "All what we have descends from Ashura." | ||||
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