Lebanese protesting in Beirut against the assassination of Luqman Salim, an opponent of Hezbollah

About a hundred activists gathered today (Saturday) in downtown Beirut to protest the murder of Luqman Salim, a prominent critic of “Hezbollah” and to demand a transparent investigation into his murder, according to the “Reuters news agency. “.
Salim, an editor in his 50s, ran a research center and produced documentaries with his wife, and led efforts to create an archive of the civil war that raged in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990.
Salim was an outspoken critic of what he described as the methods of intimidation used by the armed “Hezbollah” and its attempts to monopolize Lebanese political life.
He was shot to death and his body was found in his car on Thursday in southern Lebanon, in the first killing of a prominent activist in Lebanon in years.
Salim had disappeared the night before his death, with four bullets in his head and one in his back.
And for the first time since his death, his wife, Monica Burgmann, posted a banner on the Twitter site this morning, with a black background with two words in Arabic: “Zero Fear.”
The two words also appeared on a banner at the protest, in which activists blamed Iranian-backed Hezbollah for his death.
One of the protesters, Youssef Diab, said: “The day that (Hezbollah) is obliged to do so, if it is truly innocent of this crime, rejects this crime or denies this crime, it must provide assistance to the security services and the judiciary. Lebanese, especially since Luqman Salim was killed in an area under heavy surveillance for (Hezbollah). And he added: “Otherwise, it is still under suspicion.”
On Thursday, Hezbollah condemned Salim’s assassination, which Lebanese officials, including the Lebanese president, described as an assassination.
“Are we going to kill him again with our silence?” Said a protester who mentioned her name as Nellie. Of course not, “he added, adding:” I fear that the world (people) will be afraid. Here, Lebanon is endangered. “