Bahaa Hariri
The businessman, Bahaa Hariri, tweeted the following:
“The decision to announce the International Tribunal for Lebanon annuls the verdict of acquitting the killers of the martyr Rafik Hariri’s father, and to convict the accused is a victory for justice.”
إعلان المحكمة الدولية الخاصة بلبنان عن إبطال حكم تبرئة قتلة والدي الشهيد رفيق الحريري، وإدانة المتهمين يعتبر انتصاراً لسيادة القانون والعدالة.
— Bahaa Rafik Hariri (@bahaa_hariri_) March 10, 2022
On August 18, 2020, the court had convicted Salim Ayyash of his involvement in the terrorist attack, as a partner in a conspiracy aimed at committing a terrorist act. On December 11, 2020, Ayyash was sentenced to life imprisonment for each of the five charges against him in the amended consolidated indictment, provided that these sentences are implemented at the same time.