Man Linked to Lebanese Militia Leader Slain
A Lebanese millionaire with close links to a recently assassinated warlord at the center of Palestinian refugee camp massacres was gunned down in Brazil’s financial capital, Sao Paulo, police said.
Mkael “Mike” Youssef Nassar and his wife, Marie Noel Nassar, were killed by gunmen at a gas station where they stopped to change a tire after driving over nails at the exit to a tunnel in Sao Paulo, police said.
Nassar’s confidant and business associate Elie Hobeika was killed Jan. 24 by a car bomb in Beirut after declaring his willingness to testify against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a war crimes and genocide case in Belgium.
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