Kuwait- Hezbollah says Badreddine killed by artillery shells
Date
5/14/2016 4:18:33 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BEIRUT, May 14 (KUNA) -- Hezbollah said on Saturday its top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed by artillery shells fired by insurgents near Syria's Damascus airport.
Hezbollah announced Badreddine's death on Friday and held a military funeral for him on the same day in its stronghold in southern Beirut.
Investigations have showed that the explosion, which targeted one of Hezbollah's bases near Damascus International Airport killed Mustafa Badreddine which was the result of artillery bombardment carried out by "takfiri groups in the area," a Hezbollah's statement said.
"The outcome of the investigation (into Badreddine's death) will increase our determination ... to continue the fight against these criminal gangs and defeat them," Hezbollah said.
Badreddine was sentenced to death in Kuwait for his role in bomb attacks there in 1983. He escaped from prison in Kuwait after Iraq, under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, invaded the country in 1990.
Badreddine was also one of five Hezbollah members indicted by the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the 2005 killing of statesman Rafik Al-Hariri. Hezbollah denied any involvement and said the charges were politically motivated.(end).
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