Thousands of Lebanese people have paid their last respects to the three journalists of al-Manar television network killed by foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria.

16 April 2014 - 17:11

An al-Manar television crew came under gunfire Monday during its coverage of the Syrian army's recapture of the Christian town of Maalula from rebel hands, which resulted in the death of the reporter Hamza al-Hajj Hassan along with a cameraman and a technician.

The funeral procession of colleague martyr Hamza Hajj Hasan moved in the town of Shaath in Bekaa from his house to the cemetry where a military salute and a prayer were performed for the sake of the martyr.

The mass procession had moved through Bekaa villages where a farewell was held to the martyr.

A mass funeral procession in the southern town of Kfarseer was held to bid farewell to the colleague martyr Mohammad Mantash.

A prayer and a military salute were performed for the sake of the martyr.

 

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Source: Al Manar TV

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