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Lebanese Industry Minister shot dead
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Source: CCTV.com | 11-22-2006 08:39
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Lebanese Minister of Industry has been assassinated in a Beirut suburb. The country's President has condemned Tuesday's killing of Pierre Gemayel, calling it a "terrorist act". He has also vowed to hunt down the killers.
Witnesses say Gemayel was shot in his car in Jdeideh, a Christian neighborhood that's also his constituency in northern Beirut.
A car rammed Gemayel's car from behind, after which an assailant stepped out and shot him at point blank range.
The seriously wounded Gemayel was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Lebanese president Emile Lahoud said: " We will not allow this terrorist act to go unpunished. We will do the impossible to find the perpetrators because I assure you those criminals are against all Lebanese."
As a supporter of the anti-Syrian parliament majority, Gemayel is the fifth anti-Syrian figure to be assassinated in the past two years in Lebanon.
Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in a car bomb attack in February, last year .
Gemayel was first elected to parliament in 2005. He's believed to be the youngest member in the Lebanese legislature, which is dominated by anti-Syrian groups.
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