Iraqi ex-MP's final movements revealed: Syrians, a Range Rover and a Beirut murder mystery
An Iraqi politician was escorted from a Beirut hotel by a mysterious group of Syrians in a Range Rover before being found dead in an apartment, it emerged on Thursday. Ahmed Al Alwani's last movements before his disappearance and killing were revealed by Iraqi authorities as they investigate what they say is his murder. Iraq and Lebanon are working together on the investigation, the Iraqi…
Irish politician Ahmed Al Alwani was found dead in a Beirut apartment on Monday, according to Iraqi authorities. His final movements before his killing were revealed on Thursday. Alwani, 57, arrived in Lebanon from Erbil on a flight on Thursday last week. He spent less than an hour at a Beirut hotel before checking out with men he reportedly knew, who were dressed as his friends.
The group then drove him in a white Range Rover to his apartment in Beirut's Tareeq Al Jadeeda neighborhood. Alwani made two phone calls to his family from the apartment before his decomposing body was discovered by the landlord due to an unusual smell. Iraqi authorities are investigating the murder, which they claim is a case of assassination.
The Lebanese apartment owner has been detained while the investigation continues. Alwani, a Sunni Muslim, served two terms in parliament between 2005 and 2014 and was an outspoken critic of Iran's influence on Iraq's politics and economy.
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