A photo montage shared by the families of the victims of the Ansar crime, with the phrase: "In heaven." (Courtesy of the victims' family)
At 11 a.m., Room One of the criminal chamber was totally empty. In the huge hall of the Beirut Justice Palace, only a few people awaited the start of the trial for the Ansar massacre that made the headlines a year ago. This apparent lack of interest contrasted with the previous sessions held in 2022, during which families and supporters gathered in front of the court’s entrance carrying photos of the four women, who were killed in cold blood with no clear motive.In March 2022, the quadruple femicide of Bassima Abbas and her daughters Rima, 22; Tala, 20; and Manal, 15, generated panic after their bodies were discovered 25 days after their disappearance, in a cave in an orchard near the Nabatieh village of Ansar.The alleged murderer, Lebanese national Hussein Fayad, admitted to kidnapping and killing the four women with the help of his...
At 11 a.m., Room One of the criminal chamber was totally empty. In the huge hall of the Beirut Justice Palace, only a few people awaited the start of the trial for the Ansar massacre that made the headlines a year ago. This apparent lack of interest contrasted with the previous sessions held in 2022, during which families and supporters gathered in front of the court’s entrance carrying photos of the four women, who were killed in cold blood with no clear motive.In March 2022, the quadruple femicide of Bassima Abbas and her daughters Rima, 22; Tala, 20; and Manal, 15, generated panic after their bodies were discovered 25 days after their disappearance, in a cave in an orchard near the Nabatieh village of Ansar.The alleged murderer, Lebanese national Hussein Fayad, admitted to kidnapping and killing the four women with the help of his...