Hundreds attend funeral for slain Hezbollah commander

Reuters 2013-12-04

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Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Hezbollah commander Hassan al-Laqqis on Wednesday in Lebanon's Bekaa valley after he was shot dead outside his home earlier in the day which the militant Shi'ite Muslim group blamed on Israel.

Al-Laqqis, a Hezbollah commander who fought in Syria's civil war, was shot in the head from close range by a silenced gun as he arrived home at around midnight in the Hadath district of Beirut, a source close to Hezbollah said.

Israel, which fought a 34-day war with Hezbollah in 2006, denied any role in the shooting and hinted that the motive may have been Hezbollah's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his war with Sunni Muslim rebels.

A previously unknown group, Ahrar al-Sunna Baalbek brigade, claimed responsibility for the attack in a message on Twitter. The claim could not be verified but the name of the purported group suggested Lebanese Sunni Muslim connections.

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