Politics

Pro-Hezbollah Cleric Killed in Lebanon

Saadeddine Ghiyyeh was shot by gunmen on a motorbike

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(Reuters)—Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a Lebanese Sunni Muslim cleric who supported the Shi'ite militant Hezbollah group in the northern city of Tripoli on Tuesday, security sources said.

Saadeddine Ghiyyeh, an official in the Islamic Action Front, was shot multiple times in his car as he was leaving home.