Iraq to send delegation to Lebanon over ex-MP killing

BAGHDAD: Iraq will send a delegation to Lebanon to support the probe into the killing of a former lawmaker in Beirut, a security official told AFP on Wednesday.

Former Sunni Iraqi politician Ahmed Al-Alwani was found strangled to death in a Beirut apartment on Monday night.

“A specialized security delegation will head to Lebanon to follow developments” in the case with the Lebanese security agencies, the official said.

Another Iraqi official said that the motives for the killing remained unclear.

A Lebanese judicial official told AFP that initial findings showed that three people were involved, including two foreign nationals who fled to Syria. Their identities have yet to be determined.