BEIRUT: The Lebanese judiciary on Wednesday approved the released of crooner-turned-fugitive militant Fadl Shaker months after he surrendered himself to authorities, a judicial official told AFP.
The entertainer, born to a Lebanese father and a Palestinian mother, turned himself over to authorities in October after more than a decade in hiding in a Palestinian refugee camp.
Shaker was accused of taking part in 2013 clashes in the south Lebanon city of Sidon between the military and supporters of Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir, which left more than a dozen soldiers dead.
While Shaker was a supporter of Assir, he denied involvement in the violence.
The judicial official, requesting anonymity, said the judiciary “approved the release of artist Fadl Shaker in the four security cases filed against him, most notably the Abra case,” referring to the Sidon clashes.
