Murder trial in killing of former Lebanese PM Hariri begins in Hague
- 10 years ago
The Hague, in the Netherlands.
It's here that the murder trial of Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik al-Hariri, began on Thursday.
Nine years after the massive bomb attack on a Beirut waterfront that killed him and 21 others and wounded over 200 more.
Chief Prosecutor Norman Farrell.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHIEF PROSECUTOR NORMAN FARRELL SAYING:
"The attackers used an extraordinary quantity of high-grade explosives, far more than was required to kill their main target. Clearly their aim was not only to ensure that their target was killed, but to send a terrifying message and to cause panic among the population of Beirut and Lebanon."
The 2005 attack was aimed at critics of Syria's military dominance in Lebanon.
It almost tipped the country back into civil war.
Four men from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are accused in the murder.
They remain at large and are being tried in absentia.
The U.N. backed special tribunal is a cont
It's here that the murder trial of Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik al-Hariri, began on Thursday.
Nine years after the massive bomb attack on a Beirut waterfront that killed him and 21 others and wounded over 200 more.
Chief Prosecutor Norman Farrell.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHIEF PROSECUTOR NORMAN FARRELL SAYING:
"The attackers used an extraordinary quantity of high-grade explosives, far more than was required to kill their main target. Clearly their aim was not only to ensure that their target was killed, but to send a terrifying message and to cause panic among the population of Beirut and Lebanon."
The 2005 attack was aimed at critics of Syria's military dominance in Lebanon.
It almost tipped the country back into civil war.
Four men from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are accused in the murder.
They remain at large and are being tried in absentia.
The U.N. backed special tribunal is a cont