Lebanon handed al-Alwani’s body over to the Iraqi embassy
Press reports said that the Lebanese judicial authorities handed the body of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani to the Iraqi embassy without conducting an autopsy, at the request of the Iraqi side. Join our news channel on WhatsApp and follow the latest news and breaking developments directly through our channel…
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- According to the reports, the body was not autopsied because the Iraqi side requested that it not be autopsied. Lebanon 24 ↗ · CH23 ↗
- An earlier report attributed the decision not to conduct an autopsy in Lebanon to the Iraqi authorities’ lack of consent. MTV website sources: The body of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani will be handed over to his family because the Iraqi authorities did not approve an autopsy in Lebanon to determine the circumstances of the crime and the cause of death
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- Ahmed al-Alwani
- A former Iraqi member of parliament. The Iraqi Embassy in Lebanon said its ambassador was following up on his kidnapping; Lebanese authorities were investigating his killing in a Beirut apartment. Former Iraqi MP Kidnapped in Beirut and Embassy Issues Statement · Alwani's death in Beirut: Political assassination or tribal vendetta?
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