Life imprisonment for Ghassan Touma

The permanent Lebanese military court on Thursday sentenced in absentia a life imprisonment for Ghassan Touma, the second ranking man in the dissolved Lebanese Forces militias.

The court accused the " fleeing Touma," of forming a gang that committed crimes of stealing people's properties and undermining the authority of the state and conducting terrorist acts.

The same court also sentenced in absentia Elias Ibrahim al-Haddad, and Qasem Ibrahim Alyan under charges of making contacts with Israel and jailing them for 15 years. In addition some other 15 Lahd hireling militia members were sentenced for different periods of time.