Bullet-riddled Body of MEA Pilot Found in Ouzai
The bullet-riddled body of a Middle East Airlines pilot was found in his car in Beirut”s Ouzai neighborhood on Wednesday, the National News Agency reported.
MEA captain Ghassan Hassan Miqdad, 55, was found shot in the head in his Nissan Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), NNA said.
It said Miqdad”s brother, Mohammed, was shot dead early December in the same area. Ghassan Miqdad”s house was also robbed almost two weeks ago.
Family friends told Agence France Presse the pilot was not married and lived in the Ouzai area.
His death came almost one week after the kidnapping of a MEA employee.
Middle East Airlines Chairman Mohammed al-Hout said information reveals that Miqdad”s murder was personal in nature.
The pilot”s killing and the kidnapping of Joseph Sader do not target MEA, he stressed.
Media reports said Wednesday that Sader who was kidnapped near Beirut airport last week was in the custody of the Lebanese Army”s intelligence directorate despite denial by the military command.
Sader was allegedly kidnapped by three unidentified assailants.