The photo of Pascal Sleiman on the church of Mayfouk, in the Jbeil region, during his funeral on April 12, 2024. Photo Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour
The murder of Pascal Sleiman, a Lebanese Forces official who was kidnapped and killed in April 2024, was not a botched car theft but a premeditated murder, according to an indictment issued by Nada Asmar, Mount Lebanon’s first investigating judge. Yet in the 17-page document, reviewed by L’Orient-Le Jour, Asmar does not address the motive behind the killing. The crime had at the time sparked fears of an act linked to sectarian motives, then of retaliation against Syrian refugees and displaced persons. Flashback to... Pascal Sleiman’s murder: Public anger turns toward Syrian residents According to the text, the judge believes the 12 defendants in the case are suspected of voluntary homicide, under Article 549 of the Penal Code; kidnapping, under Article 569; forming a gang with the intention of committing crimes against people and...
The murder of Pascal Sleiman, a Lebanese Forces official who was kidnapped and killed in April 2024, was not a botched car theft but a premeditated murder, according to an indictment issued by Nada Asmar, Mount Lebanon’s first investigating judge. Yet in the 17-page document, reviewed by L’Orient-Le Jour, Asmar does not address the motive behind the killing. The crime had at the time sparked fears of an act linked to sectarian motives, then of retaliation against Syrian refugees and displaced persons. Flashback to... Pascal Sleiman’s murder: Public anger turns toward Syrian residents According to the text, the judge believes the 12 defendants in the case are suspected of voluntary homicide, under Article 549 of the Penal Code; kidnapping, under Article 569; forming a gang with the intention of committing crimes against people...
