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| Mohamad Chatah was a economist, ex-finance minister, diplomat and adviser prime He was also said to be a of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. (Photo by Ronchatah) |
(Reuters) - Former Lebanese minister Mohammed Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in an explosion that targeted his convoy in Beirut on Friday along with at least four other people, security sources said.
Shattah, a Sunni Muslim, was also an opposition figure and an adviser to former prime minister Saad al-Hariri. Sources at the explosion site said Shattah was on his way to attend a meeting when the explosion went off.
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