The Iraqi Embassy in Beirut has received the body of former MP Ahmad al-Alwani after DNA test results confirmed his identity.
It has begun completing the procedures to transfer his body to Iraq at his family’s request.
Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammed Reda al-Husseini said DNA test results showed a match between samples taken from the body and those taken from his son, Talha, confirming his identity. He added that the embassy received the body from the Lebanese authorities on Friday evening.
In a statement, the embassy said the results of a CT scan had also supported the identification process, adding that a copy of the Lebanese forensic doctor's report would be handed over to the family.
Al-Husseini confirmed that the embassy had begun completing the necessary procedures to transfer the body to Iraq as soon as possible. He stressed that investigations would continue in coordination with judicial and security authorities in both Lebanon and Iraq to uncover the circumstances of the crime and identify those responsible.
The handover took place at the request of al-Alwani's family, after Lebanon's Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, approved the transfer of the body to the Iraqi Embassy for repatriation to Baghdad. The embassy had requested that no further autopsy be conducted and that the body be transferred to Iraq so the remaining procedures could be completed there.
It has begun completing the procedures to transfer his body to Iraq at his family’s request.
Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammed Reda al-Husseini said DNA test results showed a match between samples taken from the body and those taken from his son, Talha, confirming his identity. He added that the embassy received the body from the Lebanese authorities on Friday evening.
In a statement, the embassy said the results of a CT scan had also supported the identification process, adding that a copy of the Lebanese forensic doctor's report would be handed over to the family.
Al-Husseini confirmed that the embassy had begun completing the necessary procedures to transfer the body to Iraq as soon as possible. He stressed that investigations would continue in coordination with judicial and security authorities in both Lebanon and Iraq to uncover the circumstances of the crime and identify those responsible.
The handover took place at the request of al-Alwani's family, after Lebanon's Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, approved the transfer of the body to the Iraqi Embassy for repatriation to Baghdad. The embassy had requested that no further autopsy be conducted and that the body be transferred to Iraq so the remaining procedures could be completed there.
