Al-Manar reporter who insulted Salam fails to attend questioning

Al-Manar reporter and pro-Hezbollah activist Ali Berro on Friday failed to attend an interrogation session at the Raouche police department over the issue of the illumination of the Raouche Rock and launching verbal attacks on PM Nawaf Salam.

“Berro’s lawyer showed up and said that his client is a journalist … and can only appear before the Publications Court, but State Prosecutor Judge Jamal al-Hajjar ordered that he be summoned again to interrogation before the Raouche police station, saying that the appropriate measures would be taken if he fails to show up,” the National News Agency said.

Berri had appeared in a video next to Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa during Hezbollah’s sit-in opposite the Raouche Rock last week. In the video he brags that Hezbollah had illuminated the iconic rock with the images of its slain leaders despite Salam’s rejection while voicing insults and veiled threats against the premier.