A reward of $ 10 million for information on Salim Ayyash
The US State Department has recalled a $10 million reward for information on Salim Ayyash, a member of Hezbollah's assassination squad, who was convicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The ministry's "Rewards for Justice" account stated that Ayyash, a member of the assassination squad that receives orders directly from the party's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, was convicted of involvement in the Hariri assassination in 2005.
"If you can provide information on him, you may be eligible for a reward," he said.
Salim Ayyash is a member of the Hezbollah assassination squad, which receives its orders directly from Hassan Nasrallah.
Ayyash was convicted of involvement in the assassination of Rafik Hariri.
If you can provide information about him, you may be eligible for a reward.
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— Rewards for Justice Arabic (@Rewards4Justice) February 14, 2022
Hariri was Lebanon's prime minister before his resignation in October 2004, and then he was assassinated in February 2005 when a suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with explosives as his armored convoy was passing, killing 22 people, including Hariri, and wounding 226.
The judges of the six-year Special Tribunal considered that there was sufficient evidence that Ayyash was at the center of a network of mobile phone users that spied on Hariri in the months leading up to his assassination, and sentenced him to five consecutive life sentences.
In its ruling, it said Ayyash was "guilty beyond any reasonable doubt" of the five charges brought against him, which are "arranging a conspiracy aimed at committing a terrorist act, committing a terrorist act using an explosive device, intentionally killing Hariri using explosive materials, and willfully killing 21 other people using explosive materials." explosive devices, and an attempt to intentionally kill 226 people using explosive materials.
Salim Ayyash is still missing, as Nasrallah refused to extradite him, along with three other defendants, who were eventually acquitted.
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