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BEIRUT, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad
Seniora chaired here on Wednesday a meeting of the Lebanese Central Security
Council to discuss developments regarding the assassination of Industry Minister
Pierre Gemayel.
Following the meeting, Lebanon's acting Interior
Minister Ahmad Fatfat told reporters that general attorney and heads of security
bodies briefed Seniora with the latest developments on the Gemayel case.
"Security authorities had been questioning a
substantial number of eyewitnesses," Fatfat said.
The minister denied any insufficiency in the work of
the security authorities, noting Gemayel had been warned before the attack by
his bodyguards of possible dangers and told to leave the convoy.
Fatfat also said that the Lebanese army and the
security forces would jointly safeguard the public funeral of Gemayel in central
Beirut on Thursday, adding that the Lebanese Army would be in command.
The 34-year-old Gemayel was shot dead late Tuesday by
a gunshot on his head when his convoy was attacked in Jedeide, about 15 km
northeast from Beirut.
The decease of Gemayel complicated the already spiny
political crisis in Lebanon following the resignation of six pro-Syrian
ministers earlier this month.
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A Lebanese woman carries a picture of assassinated
Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel in Bekfaya, northeast of Beirut,
November 21, 2006. (AFP Photo)
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BEIRUT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Industry
Minister and Christian leader Pierre Gemayel was shot dead on a street in the
suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, al-Jazeera TV channel quoted the Lebanese Interior
Ministry as saying.
Saad Hariri, parliament's majority leader and son of
the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, broke off his televised press
conference and confirmed the news, al-Jazeera said.
UN Security Council unequivocally condemns murder of
Lebanese minister
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security
Council unequivocally condemned on Tuesday the assassination of Pierre Gemayel,
the Minister of Industry of Lebanon.
The Council held emergency meeting in the afternoon
at the request of Lebanon on the murder of Gemayel. In a presidential statement
read out by its President for November, Jorge Voto-Bernales of Peru, the council
condemned "any attempt to destabilize Lebanon through political assassination or
other terrorist acts."
Bush strongly condemns murder of Lebanese
minister
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George
W. Bush strongly condemned the murder of Lebanese industry minister Pierre
Gemayel on Tuesday and warned Syria and Iran over alleged attempts to stir
instability in Lebanon.
"We strongly condemn the assassination today in
Lebanon of Pierre Gemayel," Bush told American troops in Hawaii during a
trip back home from Asia.
Roundup: Lebanese leaders condemn killing of industry
minister
BEIRUT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese political and
religionary leaders Tuesday voiced condemnation on the assassination of
anti-Syrian Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel earlier in the day.
Gemayel was killed by a gunshot on the head when his convoy was attacked on a street in Jedeide, about 15 km northeast from Beirut.
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