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Sectarian tensions are running high in Beirut in the wake of assassination of Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, hailing from the minority Christian community. Gemayel, 34, was the son of Amin Gemayel, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. He suspects Syria behind the gruesome murder. Pierre Gemayel's uncle Bashir Gemayel, who was the President of Lebanon, was also assassinated in 1982. The family was in the forefront of the 15-year civil war which ended in 1990. Syria was believed to be the murderer of President Bashir Gemayel.
Lebanon has already threatened to emerge as a battleground between the pro-U.S. Forces and Hizbollah. The Hizbollah, an extremist Muslim organization, close to Syria and Iran said the assassination was aimed at pushing Lebanon back to civil war. Iran too has described the killing as a 'criminal act'. Syria, at the receiving end, has described the murder a 'heinous terrorist act'.
A vehicle had rammed into the car of the victim and gunmen sprayed bullets at the stranded car from point blank range. The killing of Pierre Gemayel, known critic of Syria, threatens to undermine the budding accommodation of Syria in the Middle East's mainstream diplomacy to ease tensions, especially in Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
Via: khaleejtimes
