Lebanon Bids Farewell to Hariri

World | February 16, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00
Lebanon Bids Farewell to Hariri Thousands of mourners are gathering in Beirut for the funeral of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, killed in a car bombing. Photo by bTV

The funeral of Lebanon's killed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri took place in Beirut Wednesday, bringing thousands of mourners to the streets. Al-Hariri's casket was taken to the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut. Some protesters shouted anti-Syrian slogans as Hariri's family prepared to move his body to the mosque. Tension has soared since Hariri and at least 14 other people died in a huge blast in Beirut on Monday. Lebanon's interior ministry said Hariri was "almost certainly" killed by a suicide bomb, amid widespread fears the attack could signal a return to the violence of the country's civil war years.

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