Lebanon Hands Over Al-Alwani’s Body to Iraq without Autopsy
Lebanon's Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj ordered the handover of the body of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani to the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut for transfer to Baghdad, at the request of his family. A judicial source explained that X-rays conducted Thursday on al-Alwani’s body revealed a quantity of fluid in the victim's lower abdomen and pelvis. It said the judiciary had ordered an autopsy to determine the nature of the fluid and whether it was blood, which could indicate that he had been beaten and suffered internal bleeding.
