Rafik Hariri killing: Hezbollah duo convicted of 2005 bombing on appeal

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Image source, Special Tribunal for Lebanon Image caption, Hassan Merhi (L) and Hussein Oneissi (R) were accused of helping to shield the perpetrators from justice A UN-backed court has convicted on appeal another two Hezbollah members of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) found Hassan Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi guilty in absentia of being accomplices to the Beirut bomb attack.
The prosecution said that shortly after the attack Merhi and Oneissi participated in the distribution of a video-taped false claim of responsibility made by a Palestinian man on behalf of a fictional Sunni fundamentalist group, and ensured that it was broadcast on Al Jazeera TV.
Image source, Special Tribunal for Lebanon Image caption, The whereabouts of Salim Ayyash remains unknown The prosecution filed appeals against the acquittals of Merhi and Oneissi last year, and on Thursday the appeals chamber found that the trial judges had "committed errors of law invalidating the judgment and errors of fact occasioning a miscarriage of justice", an STL statement said.