BEIRUT — Prominent Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea fails show up today for a military court summons over his role in a deadly flare-up earlier this month in Beirut.
Simultaneously, hundreds of flag-waving supporters of the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader gather in front of the ex-warlord’s home in his mountain bastion and march in a show of support.
Geagea had warned last week he would ignore the summons if his bitter rival, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, were not called in for questioning too.
Seven people were killed in street fighting two weeks ago, following a rally organized by Hezbollah and its allies against the judge investigating last year’s deadly blast at Beirut port.
Hezbollah accuses the FL of firing the first shots in the October 14 violence. Geagea denied any involvement and claimed that his summons had no legal grounding.
The army was tasked with investigating the unrest, which took place in central Beirut and over which 18 people were detained.
Geagea is the only warlord from the 1975-1990 civil war to have served jail time, and Nasrallah the only one whose terror group kept its arsenal after the conflict.
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