Judge Fadi Sawan calls for death penalty against Mahmoud al-Hayek

     
Military investigating Judge Fadi Sawan called for a death penalty sentence against Mahmoud al-Hayek in the case of attempted assassination against MP Boutros Harb on Thursday. This request comes after the judge issued an arrest warrant in absentia against suspect Hayek on February 12th.      

An explosive device was found inside the elevator of MP Boutros Harb’s office building at Sami el-Solh Boulevard on Thursday July 5th, 2012.       

Security guards within the building suspected strange incomers and proceeded to arrest one of the men. The man was armed with a knife which injured the security guards along a Doctor who had been at the scene of the incident.     

Subsequently a four wheel drive arrived at the scene claiming to belong to a Military Intelligence patrol unit. The armed man was taken and delivered to the authorities.       

On February 1st 2013, the Government Commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Saqr Saqr filed a lawsuit against Mahmoud al-Hayek on charges of attempting to assassinate MP Harb at his office in Badaro in addition to other terrorist acts. The lawsuit was later referred to the First Military Investigative Judge.