Supporters of ex-MP Yaacoub protest outside Safa Mosque

Supporters and relatives of former MP Hassan Yaacoub gathered on Monday outside the Safa mosque in the region of Aamlieh ahead of an open-ended protest

The sit-in aims at reminding people of Moussa Al Sadr's protest against the Lebanese war.

 

Last Saturday, the family of Yaacoub briefly blocked the Dahr al-Baydar road to protest against his arrest over the kidnapping of the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi earlier this month.

 

An arrest warrant was issued Monday against Yaacoub and three others over involvement in the recent kidnapping of Hannibal Moammar Gaddafi.

 

The warrant was issued after Judge Jermanous questioned Yaacoub and three of his companions at the Baabda Justice Palace.

 

All four suspects were charged with abducting the son of the deposed Libyan leader.

Yaacoub's father was accompanying Imam Moussa al-Sadr and another man when they disappeared in Libya in 1978.