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Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Members of the security forces gather as medics take away the body of prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim from the spot where he was found dead in his car, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. AFP
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Members of the Lebanese security forces watch as medics remove the body of Lokman Slim from the car in which he was found dead with gunshot wounds on February 4, 2021. AFP
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People gather near the car in which Lokman Slim, a prominent Lebanese Shiite critic of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah party and militia, was found killed. Reuters
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Medics wheel away the body of Lokman Slim from the car in which he was found dead in southern Lebanon. AFP
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Lebanese security forces inspect the car in which Lokman Slim was found dead on February 4, 2021. AFP
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Medics load the body of Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim into an ambulance. AFP
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A protesters holds a picture of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Protesters carry a national flag and posters of the Lebanese activist and Hezbollah critic of Iran-backed Hezbollah Lokman Slim, 59 years-old, during a protest in front of the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
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A protesters holds a picture of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Members of the security forces gather as medics take away the body of prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim from the spot where he was found dead in his car, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. AFP
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Members of the Lebanese security forces watch as medics remove the body of Lokman Slim from the car in which he was found dead with gunshot wounds on February 4, 2021. AFP
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People gather near the car in which Lokman Slim, a prominent Lebanese Shiite critic of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah party and militia, was found killed. Reuters
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Medics wheel away the body of Lokman Slim from the car in which he was found dead in southern Lebanon. AFP
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Lebanese security forces inspect the car in which Lokman Slim was found dead on February 4, 2021. AFP
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Medics load the body of Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim into an ambulance. AFP
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A protesters holds a picture of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Protesters carry a national flag and posters of the Lebanese activist and Hezbollah critic of Iran-backed Hezbollah Lokman Slim, 59 years-old, during a protest in front of the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
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A protesters holds a picture of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
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Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut. AFP
Hezbollah must explain killing of Lokman Slim, say Lebanese politicians
Slim, 59, was found shot dead in his rental car in south Lebanon on Thursday, a day after his family said he went missing
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Elias Sakr
04 February, 2021
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