1. Habib Tanious Shartouni is a Lebanese militant and convicted assassin of Bachir Gemayel, the Lebanese president-elect and leader of the Lebanese Forces, in 14 September, 1982.
16 Facts About Habib Shartouni
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Habib Shartouni spent eight years in Roumieh Prison without a trial.
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Habib Shartouni escaped to Syria during the Syrian offensive in 1990, where he lived for several years.
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Habib Shartouni had spent his first year in Paris away from politics, until the late summer of 1977 during which he officially joined the SSNP upon his first visit to Lebanon and became an active member ever since.
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Alam made a significant impression on Habib Shartouni, which paved the way for Bachir's assassination.
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Habib Shartouni had made up his mind to carry out the operation.
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Habib Shartouni's behaviour did not arouse suspicion since he lived on the third floor of the same building with his sister and grandparents.
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Habib Shartouni went to the room above the platform on which Bachir and his companions would be seated and stashed about 40 to 50 kg of high explosives.
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The next afternoon Habib Shartouni remained, where Bachir was supposed to deliver a speech to greet his old companions, until he made sure Bachir had arrived.
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Habib Shartouni walked out of the building and ran to the sector of Nasra, where he had kept the detonator.
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Ten minutes after Bachir had started his speech, Habib Shartouni pressed the detonator.
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Two days later Habib Shartouni was arrested by the Lebanese Forces.
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Habib Shartouni had spent eight years held captive in Roumieh prison without an official trial, until 13 October 1990 when he escaped during the final Syrian offensive in Lebanon that was aimed at toppling the government headed by Michel Aoun.
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Habib Shartouni was sentenced to death in absentia by the Lebanese court on 20 October 2017 after admitting his part in the assassination.
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In interviews with Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar in 2012 and 2017, Habib Shartouni stated that after his escape, he resided in Syria between 1994 and 2004, and did not disclose his current whereabouts.
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Habib Shartouni denied that he visited Lebanon since his escape from prison in 1990.