President Michel Aoun Wednesday expressed belief that Israel's intelligence agency Mossad was behind the slaying of a Lebanese in Angola.
Aoun made his statements during a Cabinet session at the Baabda Palace.
The president said that the Foreign Ministry was following up on the preliminary findings of the crime to uncover the circumstances of the incident.
Amine Bakri, 56, was shot dead by gunmen near his workplace Sunday in the Angolan capital Luanda.
His family has said that his body will be repatriated Thursday.
The body of the man, originally from Nabatieh in south Lebanon, will be laid to rest in the Iraqi city of Najaf, a Shiite holy city, the family said.
The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the Lebanese consul in Angola, Mohammad Nisr has been closely pursuing the investigations into the death of Bakri.
There are thousands of Lebanese who live in Africa. Many are economic migrants, traveling abroad to provide their families back home with a decent life. The West African countries of Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast host a significant number of Lebanese expatriates, primarily from south Lebanon.
