“Lebanese accusation of storming the Capitol”

The Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper published an article for the press, Rana Abtar, under the title “A Lebanese Indictment for Raiding the Capitol”, which reads: “The United States Department of Justice charged two intruders in the building of the Capitol, one of which is of Lebanese descent, on January 6, in conjunction with a hearing Confirming that Joe Biden won the US presidency. The two accused of assaulting “Capitol” police officer Brian Secnick and spray him with an anti-bear spray. The policeman later died as a result of his injuries. “

He added: “Authorities arrested the two men, Julian Eli Khater from Pennsylvania and George Pierre Tanios from West Virginia.”

He continued: “Official indictment documents say that Khater and Tanios cooperated together to assault police officers by spraying a chemical on their faces and eyes during the ‘Capitol’ raids that followed a meeting of former President Donald Trump supporters on which delivered a speech that was interpreted as an incitement to his supporters to attack the legislative authority. “

It noted that “according to preliminary information, it appears that the defendant, George Pierre Tanios, is an American of Lebanese origin, owner of a sandwich restaurant in Morgan Town in West Virginia, and is 39 years old. The second defendant, Julian Khater, is 32 years old. years “.

Tanios and Khater were charged with nine counts, including conspiring to wound a police officer and assaulting him with a dangerous weapon.